PROTOCOL
OF THE GALI MEETING
BETWEEN THE GEORGIAN AND ABKHAZ SIDES on the issues of stabilization of the situation in the security
As a response to the aggravating situation in the
security zone, a meeting under the chairmanship of Mr. Dieter Boden, Special
Representative of the UN Secretary-General, with the participation of Mr. Anis
A. Bajwa, Chief Observer of the UNOMIG and Mr. Sergey Korobko, the
Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Peace-Keeping Forces, took place on 3 May
In the course of this meeting the sides committed
themselves to the principal of non-use of military force. Any disputed issues
shall be solved only by peaceful means through negotiations.
Guided by the Moscow Agreement of
1. The sides commit themselves not to allow any
propaganda of military solution of the conflict.
The sides will initiate the criminal prosecution
against the individuals calling for the unlawful actions based on the political
motivation.
2. Overall strength of armed formations of each
side, including the police and militia, and located in the security zone, will
not exceed 600 persons. The parties are allowed to exceed this limit only after
giving preliminary notice of the other side to the conflict, General
Headquarters of the CIS Peacekeeping Forces and the Chief Military Observer of
the UNOMIG.
The CIS Peace-Keeping Forces and the UNOMIG
observers will carry out permanent monitoring to make sure that the manpower of
the sides dislocated in the security zone does not exceed the agreed limit.
3. The sides will set up three-man groups,
composed of representatives of the respective Ministries of Interior, Security
and Prosecutor’s offices. These groups will carry out permanent control over
the situation in the security zone and undertake all urgent measures aimed at
resolution of existing conflict situations. If necessary, heads and deputies of
the aforementioned law-enforcement bodies will involve themselves in the
working groups.
These groups will cooperate in their struggle
against illegal trafficking and other criminal offences committed by the
organized criminal bands operating in the security zone.
4. The sides will exchange on regular basis list
of those offenders who have committed crimes in the security zone and absconded
on the territories controlled by the sides. In addition, the Parties will undertake
all necessary measures to arrest and prosecute the persons involved in unlawful
activities.
5. Leaderships of the Prosecutor’s offices of the
sides concerned will nominate one representative each, responsible for a timely
implementation of the work of investigation groups on politically motivated
offences.
On Behalf of the Georgian Side G. Arsenishvili
On Behalf of the Abkhaz Side V. Tsugba
On Behalf the UN On
Behalf the CIS Peace-Keeping Forces S.
Korobko
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of Georgia for Conflict
Resolution Issues/in Russian)