According to information of the Defense Ministry, the leaders of extremist organizations of Kuwait, Katar, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kosovo actively recruit volunteers and collect funds to support Chechen terrorists. The Emissary of Grozny Arsanov has carried on unsuccessful negotiations with the Government of Georgia on political and propagandistic support for Chechnya as "an independent State" and on arranging an international campaign to support "the Chechen people fighting for freedom and independence". Officials of Arab countries and Islamic organizations have also refused to support Maskhadov".