APPEAL OF THE SUPREME
SOVIET OF THE
It has been several
months already that USSR’s mass media and a number of foreign news agencies
have been highlighting the processes going on in the area of Shida Kartli, in
the former co-called ‘South Ossetian Autonomous Area’, i.e. in the area that is
a geographic center of Georgia, a historical motherland of the Georgian people,
the cradle of spiritual and material culture, representing it as an ethnic
conflict in which the new government of the Republic of Georgia tries to rob
the Ossetian people of their national ethnic autonomy.
The lies and
allegations accompanied by videomaterials falsified by the central television,
fail to even approximately reflect the reality.
In reality, an
undeclared war has been on in Shida Karli between the center, i.e. the Union’s
Government, and the Republic that refused to participate in creating a ‘renewed
Federation’ and to sign the treaty of alliance.
Based exactly on the
bureaucracy that managed to usurp the power in the illegally established Area,
so-called ‘
Active involvement
of the Center in the actions of the Ossetian assaulters is apparent already
from the fact that the troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs
encourage their attacks on the Georgian police and civilian population. Modern arms
and even missiles are supplied to the assaulters from military bases deployed
in the region.
Coordinated
activities of the Ossetian extremists, military units and mass media, in
particular the central television of the
The situation shows
that a new conflict is starting again in Abkhazia, as several hundreds on
paratroopers arrived in the region without notification of the government of
the
Efforts are made to
hide the fact that there was no historical, legal or moral basis for creating
the South Ossetian Autonomous Republic after occupation and factual annexation
of Georgia, i.e. for giving the name of ‘ossetian’ to a part of Georgia
(whereas the true Ossetia is located outside Georgia, in the North Caucasus).
That had the only purpose of creating a political springboard for the Russian
Communist Party on the
It is no surprise
that even today the anti-Georgian putsch arranged by Ossetian communists in
Shida Kartli is supported by political calls towards adherence to the
The Georgian people
are ready to protect both their independent statehood and territorial
integrity.
Recognizing the
right of the Ossetian population, i.e. the ethnic minority in Shida Kartli, for
their national and cultural autonomy and adhering to accepted norms of the existing
international law, the Government of the Republic of Georgia shall not allow them
having an autonomy or other entity claiming statehood within the territory of
Georgia.
The Government of
the
Nevertheless, the
assaulters still continue and even intensify their activities with support of
the Soviet Army. In such conditions, measures taken by the Kremlin to create
new seats of destabilization on the Georgian territory can be considered only
as an aggression against
In this situation,
the Supreme Soviet of the
1. Immediately set
up a competent international Commission involving experts of the United Nations
and the European Parliament to find the truth on the ground, so that the wide
society would receive reliable information about the events going on in
2. Provide
assistance to
The Supreme Soviet
of the
Chairman of the
Supreme Soviet of the
(Bulletins of the Supreme
Soviet of the republic of Georgia, 1991, # 2, pp. 123-125/Translation from
Georgian)