APPEAL OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Today, 27 July 1993, the Agreement of Ceasefire
and the Control Mechanisms for its Implementation has been signed in Sochi.
Georgian and Abkhaz leaders showed the wisdom
and political will and have met the peace-building efforts of the Russian
Federation, supported by the UN and the whole of international community. The way to putting an end to the fratricidal
war is open.
It is now important to observe the agreements
reached by the parties, to prevent from provocations and give to the process
the irreversible character.
Achievement of these goals and of the sooner
elaboration of the agreement on comprehensive political settlement of the
situation in Abkhazia will be strongly supported by Russia.
Russian Federation is firm in its decision to
be a guarantor for Georgia’s territorial integrity, for Abkhazia’s and South
Ossetia’s political and legal status, and for the peaceful resolution of
interethnic problem. Against this
background there is an avenue to the Russian-Georgian good-neighborly
relations, as an important factor to the peace and stability in the
B.
Yeltsin
27
July 1993
(Journal “Diplomaticheski vestnik” /Diplomatic Messenger/, # 15-16,
1993, p. 5)