AGREEMENT on a Cease-fire And Separation of Forces
In the statement on Measures
for a Political Settlement of the Georgian–Abkhaz Conflict, signed in Moscow on
4 April 1994, the Sides committed themselves to strict compliance with a formal
cease-fire from that date, and once again reaffirmed their commitment to the
non-use of force or threat of the use of force against each other, as expressed
in their Communiqué dated 13 January 1994. That commitment
remains in force. This Agreement on a Case-fire and
Separation of forces lays the official basis to this commitment.
1. The sides shal formly observe the cease-fire on land, in the sea
and in the air and shal refrain from all military actions against each other.
2. The armed forces of
the sides shal be separated in accordance with the
following principles:
1) The area berween lines B and D
on the attached map shall encompass a security zone. There
shall be no armed forces or heavy military equipment within this
zone. The territory between lines A and B and lines D and E shall
constitute a restricted-weapons zone. There shall be no heavy military
equipment within this zone. The local civil authorities shall function in
the security zone and the restricted-weapons zone. The police militia employed for this
purpose may carry personal arms.
Heavy military equipment includes:
- All artillery and mortars of a caliber exceeding
- All tanks;
- All armored vehicles;
2) The peacekeeping force of the Commonwealth of
Independent States and the military observers, in accordance with the
Protocol to this Agreement, shall be deployed in the security zone to monitor
compliance with this Agreement;
3) The heavy military equipment to be withdrawn from
the security zone and the restricted-weapons zone shall be stored in designated
areas to be determined by the parties and shall be monitored by the United
Nations military observers;
4) Under the supervision of representatives of the
peace-keeping force of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the United
Nations observers, with the participation of representatives of the sides from
the Kodori gorge, the troops of the Republic of Georgia shall be withdrawn to
their places of deployment beyond the frontiers of Abkhazia;
A regular patrol of the peace-keeping force and
international observers shall be organized concurrently in the Kodori gorge.
5) All volunteer formations made up of persons
outside of the frontiers of Abkhazia shall be disbanded and withdrawn;
6) The movement of units and sub-units of the peace-keeping
force and of the international observers outside the security zone in the
relevant areas shall be subject to agreement with the sides;
7) United Nations military observers shall also
monitor the coastal waters and airspace between lines A and D;
8) In the event of an attack or a direct military
threat against the peacekeeping force, it shall take appropriate measures for
its safety and self-defence.
3. The precise demarcation on a detailed map and a
plan for the separation of forces in the initial phase of the deployment of the
peace-keeping force shall be worked out by the command of the peace-keeping
force with the participation of the sides in the context of a stage-by-stage,
comprehensive settlement, with a continuation of the return of refugees and
displaced persons and in compliance with this Agreement, in a working group,
which shall begin its work to this end in Moscow within five days after the
signing of this Agreement. It shall complete this task within five days.
Disengagement shall commence five days after the working group has completed
its task. The process of disengagement shall be completed no later than 10 days
after it has commenced.
The Protocol concerning the peacekeeping force of
the Commonwealth of Independent States is as follows:
The sides agree that:
The function of the peacekeeping force of the
Commonwealth of Independent States shall exert its best efforts to maintain the
cease-fire and to see that it is strictly observed. Furthermore, its presence
should promote the safe return of refugees and displaced persons,
especially to the Gali region. It shall supervise the implementation of the
Agreement and the Proticol thereto with regard to the security zone and the
restricted-weapons zone in carrying out its mission, the force shall comply
with local laws and regulations and shall not hamper the functioning of the
local civil administration. It shall enjoy freedom of movement in the security
zone and the restrected-weapons zone and freedom of communicatins, and other
facilities needed to fulfil its mission.
The
peackeeping force of the commonwealth of indepedent States shall operate under
the interim Unified Command and the Commander of the Peackeeping Force.
5. The process of achieving a comprehensive
political settlement shall be continued.
6. The sides appeal to the United Nations Security Council to expand the
mandate of the United Nations military observers in order to provide their
participation in the above mentioned operations.
7. On the basis of the statement by the
Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States
of
For the Georgian
side: J. Ioseliani
For the Abkhaz
side: S. Jinjolia
14 May 1994
(www.unomig.org)