RESOLUTION on Extension of the Mandate of the Collective Peace-keeping Forces in
the Conflict Zone of Abkhazia, Georgia, ADOPTED BY THE STATE DUMA OF THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
On July 1997 the term of Mandate of the Collective Peace-keeping forces
(hereinafter ‘collective forces’), which have effectively performed their
duties in the conflict zone of
Incase of withdrawal of the Collective Forces from the said zone may
entail a resumption of military
operations between the Republic of Georgia and Abkhazia that is confirmed by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian federation.
Such development may also involve the peoples of the
Proceeding from the common values, interests of maintaining the
stability in the
taking into account the fact that the collective
forces are staffed solely by the military servicemen of the Military Forces of
the
the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the
1. To advise the President of the Russian Federation to submit the
proposal to the Council of the Heads of States of the Commonwealth of
Independent States on extension of the mandate of the Collective Forces.
2. To advise the President of the Russian Federation to entrust the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a task of holding the negotiations with the
Republic of Georgia and Abkhazia on necessity of extension of the term of
presence of the Collective Forces in the said zone.
3. To address to the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of
the Russian Federation with the request to consider the issue on necessity of
extension of the term of presence of the Collective Military Forces in the
conflict zone in Abkhazia, Georgia.
4. This Resolution shall come into force from the day of its adoption.
Chairman of the State Duma
of the federal Assembly of the Russian
Federation G. N. Seleznyev
12 June 1997
Moscow