APPEAL OF THE GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTTO THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, PARLIAMENTS OF THE WORLD COUNTRIES, SUPREME SOVIET OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Events of the recent days in Abkhazia confirm that Russia is scaling up its undeclared war against Georgia. Russian military aircraft and sea craft are shelling the city of Sukhumi and its surroundings, which sharply increases the number of victims among the civilian population.

Mass attack of Sukhumi by land, sea and air forces started on March 16 1993. The character and scale of the operation clearly witness that the Russian armed forces supporting Abkhaz separatists play a decisive role in this operation, which clarifies the policy that the Russian authorities pursue with regard to the Republic of Georgia.

Apparently aggressive, the above position has been clear to the Georgian government that for the interests of neighborly relations between the Republic of Georgia and the Russian Federation has so far refrained from giving an adequate official classification of the policy of the Russian Government, not to cause problems in settling the Georgian-Russian relations.

The Parliament of Georgia believes it is time now to give appropriate names to things and events, and declares that the political objective of Russia’s military actions against Georgia is to annex Abkhazia from Georgia and violate Georgia’s territorial integrity. This conflict makes withdrawal of Russian troops from the Georgian territory even more urgent.

The Parliament of Georgia calls the Russian Parliament, its government, the Russian democratic society, to consider the unfortunate consequences that could result from Russia’s aggressive policy against a sovereign state.

The Parliament of Georgia appeals to the global community to respond to Russia’s aggression against Georgia and to prevent rough violation of the international law by political forces having imperialistic ambitions. We are sure that the world’s democratic forces would oppose to the revival of the ‘Empire of Evil’ and would thus remove a great danger for both nations of the former Soviet Union, including Russians as well, and for the entire world.

17 March 1993

(Bulletin of the Parliament of Georgia, # 5, pp. 97-98)