STATEMENT On the Facts of Violation of The Management
System of the JPKF in the Zone of the Georgian-Ossetian
Conflict and the Measures to be Taken for Providing Efficient Functioning
Thereof.
The joint forces of
the JPKF established under the JCC for Georgian Ossetian
conflict settlement, pursuant to the Agreement on principles of settlement of
the Georgina-Ossetian conflict concluded on June 24,
1992, shall carry out their activities on the basis of the stated Agreement, as
well as the Agreement on further development of the process of peaceful
settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and,
Procedure on the JCC, and Procedure on main principles of activities of
military contingents and groups of military observers. Acting in accordance
with the states documents, the JPKF provided efficient keeping of peace and
stability in the zone pf conflict, remaining up until the present moment, the
most important factor of keeping peace and safe life.
The peacekeeping
operation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict,
by itself, represents a unique operation. For the first time in the world
practice, subdivisions of the parties, that previously took part in the
conflict, participated in it. The experience of the JCC of the tripartite
forces for keeping peace in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict, that did not admit any outburst of armed violence, and, at the same
time, did not suffer any battle losses, permits us to speak about the
impressive success of their operations and the capability to use the tested
model in other places. At the same time, this experience shows that use of the
JPKF in the peace-keeping operations may be possible only in the case where
interests of all parties and openness are strictly observed in the process of
making decisions by taking into account the realistic situation in the zone of
conflict, as well as unconditioned fulfillment of all decisions made by the JCC
and joint Headquarters members of the JPKF.
However, an
unprecedented event took place on July 14, 2002, during the arrangements
dedicated to the 1st anniversary of the Russian-Georgian Agreement on
principles of peaceful settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict and starting the activities of peacemaking forces in the zone of the
Georgina-Ossetian conflict, specifically the Georgian
contingent did not comply with the order of the Commander of the JPKF acting on
the basis of the decisions if the JCC dated May 16 and July 5, 2002, on
participation of the Georgian battalion in the stated arrangements.
The Georgian side not
only refused to comply with the requirements of the agreement concluded within
the framework of the JCC, but also violated its international obligations, and,
in fact, tried to take the responsibility on the direct management of the
Georgian contingent of the JPKF through direct management of its activities in
the peacemaking operations (omitting the JCC and joint Command) which was the
violation of the provisions of the Sochi Treaty and
other fundamental documents of the settlement process.
These activities
should be regarded as discrediting the peacemaking operations and undermining
confidence between the parties to the conflict, as well as a dangerous
precedent of disobedience by one of the parts of the contingent to the order of
the joint Command of the JPKF, which may cause derangement of not only the
peacemaking process but also of the entire peaceful process and result in
unpredictable consequences.
The JCC deems it
necessary to assign the co-chairman of the Georgian side, together with the
workgroup in charge of the issues of activities of the JPKF and the
law-enforcement entities, to clarify the reasons of the above-noted fact of
violation of the agreement of June 24, 1992 and make a respective decision on
it and present it for consideration to the leadership of the parties that
participate in the process of the conflict settlement.
The JCC call upon
to the Georgian side to take necessary actions for rehabilitating the
management system by the Georgian contingent of the JPKF in accordance with the
fundamental documents of the process for the Georgian-Ossetian
conflict settlement and don’t admit repetition of the above-noted facts in
future.
On behalf of the
South Ossetian side On behalf of the Georgian side
On behalf of the
Russian Side
On behalf of the
North Ossetian side
In the presence of:
the OSCE
European Commission
(Archive of the Staff of the State Minister of