APPEAL OF THE PRESIDIUM
OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA TO MR. M. GORBACHEV,
PRESIDENT OF THE USSR, R. NISHANOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF NATIONALITIES OF
THE USSR SUPREME COUNCIL
As we have learnt, on
May 4 of this year, the illegally convoked session of the Regional Council of People’s
Deputies of the former Autonomous Region of South Ossetia adopted a resolution
on the abolition of the so-called Soviet Republic of South Ossetia and restoration
of the Autonomous Region, which is part of the Republic of Georgia but “administratively”
is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
And all this happens
simultaneously with the establishment of a commission of deputies of the
Supreme Councils of the
The commission is
in charge with political resolution of the armed conflict in Shida Kartli region.
Today we have the real chance of consolidation of sovereignty of the
Against this
background, the step made by the Ossetian separatists, who aim to undermine and
ultimately thwart the political process as well as to confront the
jurisdictions of the
Let us draw your
attention to the fact that the session was held under the chairmanship of A. Chekhoyev, People’s Deputy of the
Apart from the fact
that A. Chekhoyev, the former First Secretary of the South Ossetian Regional
Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia was ousted from this post by Ossetians
for jobbery, he had no right to lead the new provocation of the Ossetian
separatists as he was well aware of the issue that was discussed by the Council
of Nationalities and the agreement at which the deputies arrived.
In view of this, on
May 7 of this year, the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the
The Presidium of
the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia urges you to take timely
measures, give an official support to the resolution of the Presidium of the
Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia and condemn the destructive act of
the Ossetian separatists not to undermine the work of the parliamentary
commission and the prospects of peaceful resolution of the conflict.
We believe that the
Ossetian separatists will not manage to frustrate the political resolution of
the conflict in Shida Kartli region.
The Presidium of
the Supreme Council of the
Z. Gamsakhurdia, President of the
(Bulletins of the Supreme
Council of the Republic of Georgia, 1991, # 5, pp. 82-83/Translation from
Georgian)