STATEMENT OF THE
PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA on Illegal Entry
of the President of the Russian Federation Dimitri Medvedev on the Georgian
Territory Occupied by Russia
1. The
Parliament of Georgia
condemns the entry of the President of Russian Federation Dimitri Medvedev on
the Georgian territory occupied by Russia
as an illegal crossing of the Georgian state border, a step towards final
annexation of the occupied Georgian territories and an attempt of
legitimisation of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Russian federation.
2. The
Parliament of Georgia
condemns the blocking of extension of the UN and OSCE missions in Georgia by the Russian
Federation, which is part of policy of minimising
international presence in the occupied territories and allowing implementation
of aggressive intentions of the Russian
Federation.
3. Deployment
of the Russian Federal Security Service Border Forces on the so-called borders
of the occupied Georgian territories is an attempt of legalising the de facto
“border” established through military occupation infringing basic norms of
international law.
4. The
Parliament of Georgia
condemns the conduct of aggressive, large-scale military exercises in close
vicinity of Georgian borders in the summer of 2009, similar to the period
preceding the 2008 aggression, as directly threatening sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Georgia.
5. The
Parliament of Georgia notes that an attempt by the Russian
federation to annex Georgian territory through military
occupation and ethnic cleansing represents a threat not only to the sovereignty
of Georgia but to that of
the region and Europe at large.
6. The above
acts are in breach of fundamental norms of international law as well as the
Russian Federation commitments, including declarations of Budapest (1994), Lisbon (1996) and Istanbul
(1999) summits of the OSCE heads of states and resolutions of heads of
governments of the CIS; Resolutions of UN Security Council N-N 849, 854, 858,
876, 881, 892, 896, 901, 906, 934, 937, 971, 993, 1036, 1065, 1096, 1124, 1150,
1187, 1225, 1255, 1287, 1311, 1339, 1364, 1393, 1427, 1462, 1462, 1494, 1524,
1554, 1582, 1615, 1656, 1666, 1716, 1752 1781, 1808; the UN General Assembly
Resolution of 14 May 2008 and other resolutions; the United Nations Charter;
Helsinki Final Act of 1975; Russia – EU agreements; Resolutions 1633 and 1647
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
7. The
Parliament of Georgia
calls upon the international community to:
7.1. Give
adequate legal assessment to illegal entry of the President of the Russian Federation
to the occupied Georgian territory;
7.2. Demand
the Russian Federation
to carry out de-occupation of the occupied territories;
7.3. Demand
that the Russian Federation
to fully implement the European Union-brokered Cease Fire Agreement;
7.4. Demand
that the Russian Federation
reverse results of ethnic cleansing;
7.5. Start
work towards deployment of international policing force on the Georgian
territory occupied by the Russian
Federation;
7.6. Demand
that the Russian Federation
grant access to the EU monitors on the occupied territories;
7.7. Demand
that the Russian Federation
withdraw recognition of the occupied Georgian territories;
7.8. Demand
that the Russian Federation
refrain from actions threatening sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia or other neighboring countries of the Russian Federation.
Tbilisi, 15 July 2009
(The Archive of the Parliament of
Georgia)