WORKING
PROTOCOL of the
Talks on the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict Settlement
From 18 April to
The Georgian delegation was represented by V.
G.Lortkipanidze-Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
The Abkhaz side was represented by V. G. Ardzinba-
leader of Abkhazia and his personal representative A.M. Jergenia.
Mr. Edward Bruner-Special Representative of the
Secretary General of UN met with the participants of the negotiations.
In the course of consultations, the Parties to the
negotiations, as well as the Russian mediators, submitted their drafts of
Agreement on Georgian-Abkhaz settlement and Agreement on return of refugees and
internally displaced persons. Apart from that, the Russian side proposed draft
on guarantees of Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-Ossetian settlement. In addition,
the Russian side put forward a proposal to prepare and sign a number of
agreements on the development of economic cooperation with Russia, namely,
related to problems of securing sustainable supply of energy resources and
restoration of transport communications, first and foremost, restoration of
railway trunks and others.
In the course of negotiations, the Parties managed
to reach an agreement on a number of issues.
The Parties reiterated their commitments not to
allow resumption of hostilities. They agreed to live in the unitary state. Both
sides expressed their willingness to regard the
In the course of negotiations, representatives of
The Abkhaz side insisted on its own understanding
of a unitary State-confederative union between the
During the negotiations, the point of departure
for representatives of the Russian Federation was the necessarily to maintain
territorial integrity of Georgia and drawing on the vast and multifaceted
experience of Russia in terms of federative relations, encouraged the Parties
to seek solutions in that direction.
The Russian mediators insisted that in the course
of ongoing consultations concrete and stage-by-stage approach solutions were
found to the problem of return of refugees and internally displaced persons to
Abkhazia, namely, concrete time-frame and number of people to be returned. In
these regard, the Georgian and Abkhaz sides have serious discrepancies.
The texts of discussed documents were to large extend agreed upon, however, due to serious conceptual
discrepancies existing between the Parties, a number of principal issues
remained unresolved. The Parties believe that in case provided those
principal contradictions are overcome, the wording of documents can be agreed
upon shortly.
The Russian side appealed to the Parties to
continue further elaboration of these documents.
The participants agreed to resume negotiations on
11 1995 at
V.
Lortkipanidze, A. Djergenia, A. Bolshakov.
6 May
1995
(Journal “Dimplomaticheskiy Vestnik”, 1995, #6, p. 46-47
)