Decision of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States to extend the stay of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the conflict zone in Abkhazia, Georgia

The Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States has decided:

1. To extend the stay of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the conflict zone in Abkhazia, Georgia, to 31 December 2000 or until such time as one of the parties to the conflict calls for an end to the operation.

2. This decision shall enter into force on the date of its signature.

Done at Moscow on 21 June 2000, in one original copy in the Russian language. The original copy shall be deposited with the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which shall send a certified copy to each State which has signed this decision.

For the Republic of Armenia: (Signed) R. S. Kocharian

For the Azerbaijani Republic: (Signed) H. A. Aliyev

For the Republic of Belarus: (Signed) A. G. Lukashenka

For Georgia: (Signed) E. A. Shevardnadze

For the Republic of Kazakhstan: (Signed) N. A. Nazarbaev

For the Kyrgyz Republic: (Signed) A. A. Akayev

For the Republic of Moldova:

For the Russian Federation: (Signed) V. V. Putin

For the Republic of Tajikistan: (Signed) E. S. Rakhmonov

For Turkmenistan:

For Ukraine:

For the Republic of Uzbekistan: (Signed) I. A. Karimov

(www.un.org, Security Council, 27 June 2000, S/2000/629)