Statement of Parliament on ”Illegal Entry of the President of the Russian Federation Dimitri Medvedev on the Georgian Territory Occupied by Russia”

The Parliament of Georgia condemns the entry of the President of Russian Federation Dimitri Medvedev’s on the Georgian territory occupied by Russia as an illegal crossing of the Georgian state border, a step towards final annexation of the occupied Georgian territories and an attempt of legitimisation of ethnic cleansing carried out by the Russian federation.

The Parliament of Georgia condemns the blocking of extension of the UN and OSCE missions in Georgia by the Russian Federation, which is part of policy of minimising international presence in the occupied territories and allowing implementation of aggressive intentions of the Russian Federation.

Deployment of the Russian Federal Security Service Border Forces on the so-called borders of the occupied Georgian territories is an attempt of legalising the de facto “border” established through military occupation infringing basic norms of international law.

The Parliament of Georgia condemns the conduct of aggressive, large-scale military exercises in close vicinity of Georgian borders in the summer of 2009, similar to the period preceding the 2008 aggression, as directly threatening sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.

The Parliament of Georgia notes that an attempt by the Russian federation to annex Georgian territory through military occupation and ethnic cleansing represents a threat not only to the sovereignty of Georgia but to that of the region and Europe at large.

The above acts are in breach of fundamental norms of international law as well as the Russian Federation commitments, including declarations of  Budapest (1994), Lisbon (1996) and Istanbul (1999) summits of the OSCE heads of states and resolutions of heads of governments of the CIS; Resolutions of UN Security Council N-N 849, 854, 858, 876, 881, 892, 896, 901, 906, 934, 937, 971, 993, 1036, 1065, 1096, 1124, 1150, 1187, 1225, 1255, 1287, 1311, 1339, 1364, 1393, 1427, 1462, 1462, 1494, 1524, 1554, 1582, 1615, 1656, 1666, 1716, 1752 1781, 1808; the UN General Assembly Resolution of 14 May 2008 and other resolutions; the United Nations Charter; Helsinki Final Act of 1975; Russia – EU agreements; Resolutions 1633 and 1647 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The Parliament of Georgia calls upon the international community to:

7.1 Give adequate legal assessment to illegal entry of the President of the Russian Federation to the occupied Georgian territory;

7.2 Demand the Russian Federation to carry out de-occupation of the occupied territories;

7.3. Demand that the Russian Federation to fully implement the European Union-brokered Cease Fire Agreement;

7.4. Demand that the Russian Federation reverse results of ethnic cleansing;

7.5. Start work towards deployment of international policing force on the Georgian territory occupied by the Russian Federation;

7.6. Demand that the Russian Federation to grant access to the EU monitors on the occupied territories;

7.7. Demand that the Russian Federation to withdraw recognition of the occupied Georgian territories;

7.8. Demand that the Russian Federation refrain from actions threatening sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia or other neighboring countries of the Russian Federation.

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