GROZNY, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - According to Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, the Republican Interior Ministry should control the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya.
"On Thursday Moscow will host a meeting of the regional counter-terrorist operation staff and I am going to raise the issue on the transfer of control functions to the Chechen Interior Ministry," Kadyrov told a press conference in Grozny on Monday.
The Chechen law enforcement bodies are all ready for counter-terrorist operations, he said.
In his words, the transfer of the operation control functions will make counter-terrorism and law enforcement in the republic more efficient.
Now the Russian Interior Ministry controls the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya.
