MAKHACHKALA, September 29 (AVN) - Chairman of the Dagestan State Council Magomedali Magomedov will not hold any negotiations with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov untill the later oficially apologises before the people of Dagestan, condemns extremists who invaded the republic, and delivers their commanders to Dagestan's law-enforcement agencies, a spokesman for the republic's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
Magomedov's tough stand is the reason why negotiations between the two leaders scheduled for Wednesday did not take place, the spokesman told the Military News Agency.
Maskhadov is now at the Chechnya-Dagestan border, trying to receive a permission to head for Makhachkala, but so far in vain, he added.