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The Azerbaijani Milli Medzhlis (Parliament) is now drafting, with the aim to toughen the state control over the activities of missionary organizations, a new wording of the Law "On Freedom of Religion."

"Together with Mr. Jean-Mari Gennos, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Peacemaking Operations, the Friends have discussed the Georgian-Abkhazian peace process under the aegis of the United Nations, and the ways to promote the dialogue between the parties," the summarizing document runs.

The authorities of Chechnya intend to organize a major international conference in Grozny with participation of delegates from Russian and foreign human rights and non-governmental organizations.

On February 13, at the Independent Press Centre, representatives of the public held a presentation of the so-called "anti-application" book, prepared on the materials of various ecological and public organizations (Greenpeace of Russia, World Wildlife Fund, Ecological Watch over North Caucasus, International Olympic Committee, etc.).

Georgian special police agents ("spetsnaz") have released the citizens of South Ossetia who had been detained earlier on Tuesday.

The Office of Public Prosecutor of Chechnya has initiated a criminal case on the fact of swindle within the system of the Ministry for National Policy, Print and Information of the Republic.

In Nagorny Karabakh, the process of mine clearing is performed by army sapper units, the fast reaction group of the Rescue Service, and also by the forces of the international organization "The Hallo Trust."

According to the information of the press centre of the Ministry for Settling Conflicts in Georgia, in the course of the meeting in Geneva on February 12-13 of representatives of the Group of Countries-Friends of the UN Secretary General of the United Nations with participation of the Georgian and Abkhazian parties, the Georgian delegation presented a package of proposals on formation of safety mechanisms for restoration of peace and security in the conflict zone.

Today, the North Caucasian Regional Military Court has resumed the process on internal troops officers Evgeniy Khudyakov and Sergey Arakcheev accused of murdering Chechnya residents.

The situation in the Tskhinval District of South Ossetia has aggravated after the Georgian power agencies deployed in the conflict zone took hostages from among peaceful population of South Ossetia of Ossetian nationality and militia.

On February 13, the interim parliamentary inquiry commission on the matters of Georgian citizens deported from the Russian Federation (RF), held its hearings.

The Parliamentarians of North Ossetia have discussed an appeal of the victims of Beslan terror act who asked the deputies to listen to Yuri Saveliev, a member of the federal parliamentary commission for investigating the terror act, who has drafted an alternative report.

The confrontation between head of Chechnya Alu Alkhanov and premier of the Republic's government Ramzan Kadyrov continues to build-up.

Batal Tobagua, head of the Central Electoral Committee, has stated that the elections into the bodies of local self-government, held in Abkhazia on Sunday, February 11, could be considered valid.

On Tuesday, the Political Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will consider the situation in Chechnya at its session in Paris.