EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE
SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
6 June 1918
Chaired by the acting Minister of Defense G.T. Giorgadze
Attended: the Ministers - G. D. Zhuruli, Minister of Finance;
The Comrades (deputies) of Ministers:
including, labour– I. I. Pirtskhalaishvili,
Kandelaki –Finances, I. M. Malania
– Road Transportation, P. I. Sabashvili – Food,
G. I. Gvelesiani –
Justice.
Participated the delegates from the People‘s
Council of Abkhazia led by R. I. Kakuba.
Secretary – G. Cherkezov
The delegate from the People‘s Council of Abkhazia
R. I. Kakuba greeted the Government of the Republic
of Georgia and spoke about unity of the interests of the Abkhaz and Georgian
people, their spiritual and cultural ties and expressed the vocation to retain
it after the power would be completely passed to the People‘s Council of
Abkhazia and asked the Georgian Government to render friendly assistance in
organizing the state power in Abkhazia. Chairman – the Defence
Minister welcomed the representatives of the Abkhaz people and underlined the
unity of ideas and objectives of Abkhazia and Georgia expressing the desire to
further strengthening of this fraternal union of two peoples.
Then two documents adopted by the People‘s
Council of Abkhazia were announced.
In the first document the people‘s Council of
Abkhazia informs the National Council of Georgia that upon declaring the
independence Abkhazia lost the legal ground for relations with Georgia and the
whole power was taken by the People’s Council of Abkhazia. Taking into account the unity of the interests
of Abkhazia and Georgia, the
Abkhaz People’s Council anticipates the National Council of
Georgia to assist in state arrangement through retaining Georgian Red Guardia
on the
Under the second document the Abkhaz People’s Council informs the
Government of Georgia that Abkhazia, as a plenipotentiary member of the
Trans-Caucasus Federation shares the part of debt and deems necessary
participation of its representative, together with representatives of other
federative nations in the work of liquidating commission; V. G. Ghurjua, G.
D. Adamov and G. D. Tumanov
are authorized to participate in this activity.
R. I. Kakuba gave explanation
to the issues raised by the Ministers of the Government of Georgia with regard
of the situation in Abkhazia.
Proceeding from the report of R. I. Kakuba, the Abkhaz People’s Council is going to
convene the Congress with participation of representatives of all the peoples
residing on the
Currently there are several political movements
in Abkhazia with this or that orientation.
For example, well-off landowners have the
inclination to
In fighting against these movements the Abkhaz People’s
Council needs the assistance of the Government of Georgia and hopes that the
Georgian Red Guardia will not be withdrawn from the
The
Abkhaz
People’s Council is facing the lack of finances and expects
For solving all of these issues and for
reaching the agreement between Georgia and Abkhazia, the Georgian Government
entrust its ministers
After adoption of this Resolution the delegates
of the Abkhaz
People’s Council left the session hall and the Government continued discussion
of the Agenda.
(…)
Chairman
Head of Government Administration
(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia,
f. 1861, desc. 1, file 10, p. 84-85)