JOINT STATEMENT of the
On 20 August 2000 at Sukhumi
headquarter of the UNOMIG the forth session of the Working Group I was held
under the chairmanship of the Principal Military observer of the UNOMIG
major-general Anis A. Badjwa with participation of
the delegations from the Georgian and Abkhaz sides as well as the
representatives of the PKF of the CIS.
The Group discussed the measures on implementation
of the Protocol of
1.
a. The Georgian and Abkhaz sides shall submit to
the UNOMIG and PKF of the CIS the list of their posts in the Security Zone by
b. The UNOMIG and the PKF of the CIS will verify
this information by
c. If one of the sides makes changes to the
information submitted to the UNOMIG and PKF of the CIS after 10 September 2000,
that side shall expeditiously inform about it the UNOMIG and PKF of the CIS by
all means of communication under their disposal and after this they shall
verify the changes and submit it in written to the UNOMIG and PKF of the CIS.
2. The sides shall submit to the Principal
Military observer the appointments of their representatives to the Group that
is referred in the paragraph 3 of the Protocol signed on
3. The representatives appointed by the sides to
the Group referred in the paragraph 3 of the Protocol signed on
4. The Working Group I recommends
to the Coordinating Council the following measures:
a) If one of the sides decides to increase the
number of its personnel in the Security Zone over 600 people, as it was set up
in Paragraph 2 of the Protocol signed on
b) Existence of quadripartite meetings and
sessions shall be legalized by signing the Protocol from both sides, the UNOMIG
and PKF of the CIS.
c) Each side shall officially include their
appointed representatives to the Group that is referred in Paragraph 3 of the
Protocol signed on
5. At the quadripartite meeting on
6. At the quadripartite meeting on
7. At the next session of
the Working Group I:
a) The Group will discuss the proposals as the
recommendations to the coordinating Council on changes to the Protocol of the
Joint Group on revealing the facts of
b) The Georgian side shall appoint representatives
to the Joint Group on revealing the facts pursuant to Paragraph 2 of the Protocol of Joint Group on
revealing the facts of
c) The next session of the Working Group I will be
held in
From the Georgian Side M. Kakabadze
From the Abkhaz Side G. Agrba
From the UNOMIG Anis Bajva
From the PKF CIS D. Bugayev
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of