Burjanadze Comments on U.S. Terrorism Country Report on Georgia

Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze said on April 28, while commenting on the part of the U.S. Country Report on Terrorism for 2004 which refers to Georgia, that she does not consider the report ?alarming.?
 
?I got acquainted with the report. There is nothing alarming in it. The fact that it is possible to find a hole, through which terrorists can move freely in any country, was confirmed by the tragic events on September 11 [2001] in the United States, as well as terrorist acts in other countries,? Burjanadze told reporters on April 28.
 
The U.S. Department of State?s Country Report on Terrorism says that the Georgian government remained deeply committed to combating international and domestic terrorism during 2004, ?however Georgia is still used to a limited degree as a terrorist transit state, although much less so since the government crackdown on the Pankisi Gorge in late 2002.?
 
?Nobody can say for sure that the threat of terrorism has been eradicated by 100 percent, especially in high mountainous regions. So, I call on everybody to correctly assess the report, which marks serious progress in the country as well,? Burjanadze added.

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