AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
of 8
June 1918, Tiflis.
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The Government of the Democratic Republic of
Georgia in the person of its plenipotentiary representatives – the Minister of
Justice Sh. A. Alekseev-Meskhiev
and the Minister of Agriculture N.G. Khomeriki, and
the Abkhaz People’s Council in the
person of its plenipotentiary representatives Razhden
Kakuba, George Tumanov, Vasiliy Gurdjua and George Ajamov, concluded the following Agreement on 9
February of 1918 based on the agreement reached between the Georgian National
Council and the People’s Council of Abkhazia.
1) The Minister on Abkhazian Affairs will be
invited at the Government of the Democratic Republic of Georgia;
2) The Abkhaz People’s Council exercises
internal management and the self-governance in Abkhazia;
3) The credits and money, necessary for the
management of Abkhazia shall be assigned from the financial resources of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia and expended for the needs of Abkhazia by the
Abkhaz People’s Council;
4) For the rapid development of the
revolutionary order and organization of a sustainable power, the Government of
the Democratic Republic of Georgia sends the detachment of the Red Guardia to
assist the Abkhaz People’s Council;
5) International Detachment will be created in
Abkhazia, which will be at disposal of the Abkhaz People’s Council.
The financial support and equipment to the
detachment will be provided by the Georgian Government;
6) The Abkhaz People’s Council is carrying
out the social reforms on the basis if the common laws of
7) The Congress of the Population of Abkhazia
is convened on the basis of democratic principles in the nearest future for
final resolution of the issues relating to the arrangement of Abkhazia;
8) This Agreement shall be reviewed by the
National Assembly of Abkhazia.
The original is signed by: Noe
Khomeriki, Shalva Alekseev-Meskhiev, George Ajamov, Vasiliy Gurjua, clergyman George Tumanov, Razheden Kakuba.
Head of Chancellery of the National Council of
Abkhazia: signed; sealed.
(Avtandil Menteshashvili,
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