The territory of Georgia, including the Pankisi gorge, continues being a base for Chechen and foreign terrorists, stated lieutenant general Leonid Sazhin, a Russian special services expert, when commenting on the US State Department report on the threat of terrorism in foreign states made public in Washington Wednesday, reported the Yerkir newspaper. Sazhin drew special attention to the fact that «delivery of people, money and arms for terrorists is secured not only via the territory of Georgia, but also that of Azerbaijan and Baku excels Tbilisi on that index.» « There are at least 10 mountain passes in Georgia and Azerbaijan via which terrorists keep going to the North Caucasus. At that part of the terrorists move virtually legally from Azerbaijan - they have passports issued by Russian diplomatic representations with entry visas,» the expert noted. As reported by him, terrorists have had their bases in Azerbaijan for long and they freely take cure and rest in the republic.