Annex 5 To Protocol
#5 of the JCC Session dated
STATEMENT Of Georgian and Russian Parties on Further Development of the Process of
Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict
Representatives of
the Georgian and South Ossetian parties, with the
intermediation of
Considering that it
is necessary with the sense of dignity and mutual tolerance and efforts to
start creating future for Georgian and Ossetian
peoples, acting with compromise and reconciliation,
Declare:
that the parties
are ready to start cooperating in preparation of the law-based status for South
Ossetia and the state structure of Georgia, and for
this purposes, start official negotiations no later than August 5, 1995.
The parties, during
the negotiations, will proceed from the principles of the international
practice, territorial integrity of the state in the sphere of encouraging and
protecting the rights and fundamental freedoms of national minorities.
On behalf of the
Russian side
On behalf of the
Georgian side
On behalf of the
South Ossetian Side
On behalf of the
North Ossetian side
In the presence of:
the OSCE Mission
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of