GULDIMANN LEAVES CHECHNYA.

Swiss diplomat Tim Guldimann left Djohar-gala on April 19. He had headed the OSCE’s Assistance Group in Chechnya since January 1996 and his powers expired two weeks ago. Danish diplomat Rudolf Thorning-Petersen, who is to succeed him, is leading an OSCE delegation to Belarus at present and has not yet arrived in the Chechen capital. (Interfax, April 19)

Some Russian Military Facilities to Move to Armenia from Georgia.