06/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the EPP-ED Group at the EP, has called on the European Commission to give priority in its future talks with Russia, to seeking a peaceful settlement to the Chechen conflict. He said they condemned all violence whether it was hostage taking by terrorists or "special operations" by the Russian army in the province. He went on to insist that the Chechen question cannot be reduced to a problem of terrorism, and must be settled in...