Chairman of the Chechen Parliament and representative of the Kadyrov government, Dukhvakha Abdurakhmanov, during a press conference in Oslo, Norway Friday July 24, 2009. The Chechnya Peace Forum has mediated the first talks for political stability in eight years in the latest move to resolve the conflict in Chechnya. (AP Photo/ Morten Holm / SCANPIX) Chechen Gov't, Separatist Leaders Meet For Talks -- Yahoo News/AP
OSLO – A Chechen separatist leader and a senior representative of the regional government said Friday they have met for talks to bring stability to the war-scarred Russian region. It was the first such contacts between the two sides in eight years.
Rebel envoy Akhmed Zakayev and Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, chairman of the Chechen regional parliament, gave few details about the meetings in the Norwegian capital. They also remained tightlipped when asked whether the talks had yielded any concrete results.
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My Comment: Chechnya is to Russia what Northern Ireland was to Britain. A low level insurgency that shows no sign of letting up. For Great Britain, peace was "somewhat" resolved among all the parties in Northern Ireland after decades of conflict, imprisonment, and hardship. Chechnya has experienced worse .... but it appears that some of Chechnya's leaders are now looking for a solution to a conflict that s been going on for over 15 years. This is just a first step .... what comes after that is patience and more talk.