(Tbilisi, September 6, 2002, Civil Georgia) - "Russian-Georgian positions have drawn nearer over Pankisi problem," Russian Interior Minister Boris Grizlov told the reporters today in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the CIS Interior Ministerial summit is held.

He said that the issue was discussed during the meeting, but the detailed discussion of the Pankisi problem will take place when the participants of the summit will start to debate over international terrorism.