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.
(www.parliament.ge)