DECREE ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA on Communiquй “Results of Working Visit of Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation Abdulatipov R.G. and the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Shakhrai S.M. in the Republic of Georgia” signed on 18 February 1993

Having considered the communiquй on “Results of Working Visit of Chairman of the Council of Nationality of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation Abdulatipov R.G. and the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Shakhrai S.M. in the Republic of Georgia” signed on February 18, 1993, the Parliament of Georgia

Decrees:

1. To deem the position taken by the Georgian delegation on a number of issues during the negotiations with the Russian delegation as deficient, that found its reflection in the joint communiquй.

2. To deem unacceptable the existence of ambiguous provisions in the communiquй relating to the Georgian-Russian agreement signed on 3 September 1992 in Moscow.

3. To deem it mandatory to strictly follow protocol norms during international negotiations and signing agreement. These norms were ignored during the preparation stage of the aforementioned document.

4. Proceeding from the aforementioned, to repudiate the communiquй on “Results of Working Visit of Chairman of the Council of Nationality of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation Abdulatipov R.G. and the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Shakhrai S.M. in the Republic of Georgia” signed on February 18, 1993.

5. To entrust the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia with a task of informing the Russian Authorities with this decree of the Parliament of Georgia.

Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia V. Goguadze

4 March 1993

(Bulletin of the Parliament of Georgia, 1993, # # 5-8, p. 22-23)