APPEAL OF THE PARLIAMENT OF
Despite the systematic efforts of the Georgian
authorities, by means of the dialogue and the negotiations to create conditions
for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the former Autonomous District
of South Ossetia, the Tskhinvali separatist regime
and illegal armed formations, subordinated to it, were purposefully trying to
escalate and to charge the situation. Their recently committed actions shall be
definitely assessed as the armed aggression against the Georgian state and
first of all, against the population, residing on the territory of the former
Autonomous District of South
Based on the above-mentioned, the Georgian authorities
have been forced to take all the measures for protection of the peaceful
population in the region, cleaning of territory from illegal formations and
creation of necessary conditions for the peace, stability and development.
The situation is complicated by the circumstance that
de-facto "Government” of the South Ossetia is actually composed by the
officials, sent from Russia, who up to date are the active employees of the
Russian power bodies, they do not represent the interests of the Ossetian population of the Tskhinvali
region/South Ossetia and they had never lived in the region before the
assignment to their positions. The Georgian authorities has several times
appealed to the Russian authorities to take back these people from the region
that would have become a serious precondition for the normalization of the situation.
Unfortunately, instead of bringing peace to the conflict
zone,
The Ministry of Defense of Russia also participates in
the aggression against Georgia – On the 8-th of August the Russian military
aviation has several times violated the air space of Georgia and has attacked
settlements in Kareli, Gori,
Marneuli, Tskhinvali
districts, and suburbs of Tbilisi. At the same time, as targets for air bombing
have been selected the places, especially intensive gatherings of peaceful
population –namely, the market of the city of
It is unacceptable and cynical from the side of Russian authorities to justify
the military aggression on the pretext of protection of the citizens of the
In such conditions, the Parliament of Georgia considers
that the country is in the circumstances of undeclared war from the side of the
At the same time, the Parliament of Georgia reiterates
the firm will of the Georgian authorities to settle all the problems by means
of the dialogue and to build a unified, democratic state, where the rights and
freedoms of all the persons, despite their ethnic origin, will be safeguarded.
The Parliament of Georgia calls on the Parliaments of the
partner countries, to the International Community and to the World democratic
community and appeals to take all the efforts so as to stop the broad scale
military aggression of Russia against Georgia, to discharge the situation in
the Tskhinvali region and to start the peaceful
settlement process of the conflict with the participation of international,
unbiased mediators.
8 August 2008
(The
archive of the Parliament of Georgia)