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1 August 2003 - 17:41 AMT

GEORGIAN STATE CHANCELLERY TODAY DENIED ITS OWN REPORT ON HEYDAR ALIYEV’S DEATH

The State Chancellery of Georgia has officially denied information on the death of Azeri president Heydar Aliyev spread earlier by itself. As reported by “Mediamax” agency, today at a briefing in Tbilisi at 3:30 p.m. press secretary of the Georgian president Kakha Imnadze said that in the course of a sitting of the National Security Council Eduard Shevardnadze was informed about the death of Heydar Aliyev. In 5 minutes the press secretary held a second briefing and said that the report on the Azeri president’s death was not true.