Chechen separatists Astana, Kazakhstan, Sept 11, SPA -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his refusal to negotiate withChechen separatists. Speaking two weeks after armed militants seized more than1,200 children and adults at a school in southern Russia,Putin rejected calls that the Kremlin should negotiate withrenegade Chechen leaders, such as Aslan Maskhadov, in orderto bring peace to the war-ravaged region. "We believe that there should be not only the samedefinition of terrorism for everybody but we should alsomean the same thing when we talk about it," said Putin,speaking at a meeting of presidents from former Sovietrepublics held in Kazakhstan. "The atrocities that we faced in Beslan give us the rightto say that those events were organized by members of the'terrorist internationale," he said.--SPA1401 Local Time 1101 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/202240