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SOUTH OSSETIA URGES GEORGIA TO SIGN NON-AGGRESSION PACT
19:41 08.08.13
South Ossetia has urged Georgia to sign an agreement on the non-use
of force, ITAR-TASS reported.
"Georgia should drop attempts at misleading the world community by
loose interpretations of facts and juggling with them, sign a treaty
on non-use of force and start the delimitation and demarcation of
the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia," South Ossetia's
Foreign Ministry said in a statement in Tskhinval, which is holding
memorable events timed for the fifth anniversary of the Georgian
invasion of South Ossetia.
The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry believes "this would make it
possible to ease tensions in the border territories and create
prerequisites for building trust between the two countries."
Tskhinval has said that although in August 2008 it signed the
Medvedev-Sarkozy settlement plan, Georgia has done nothing to comply
with the commitments.
"On a variety of excuses the Georgian side systematically upsets
the Geneva discussions and shirks the conclusion of legally binding
agreements to renounce the use of force towards South Ossetia and
Abkhazia. Georgia continues to present its aggression against South
Ossetia as a war between Russia and Georgia," the South Ossetian
Foreign Ministry said, adding that the Tagliavini commission had
thoroughly studied all circumstances of the events of August 2008
to arrive at the conclusion that it was Georgia that attacked South
Ossetia.
"South Ossetia was forced to use its right to self-defense and to
ask Russia as a guarantor under the Sochi agreement of 1992 for
assistance. In that situation the Russian leadership made a decision
to take measures to coerce Georgia to peace. That decision stemmed
not just from international liabilities, but from noble ethical
principles. The Russian Federation recognized the state independence of
the Republic of South Ossetia as the sole possible step to ensure the
security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," the South Ossetian Foreign
Ministry said in a statement.
Tskhinval is certain that "the course of the new Georgian authorities
differs little from the policies of their predecessors."
"Georgia positions itself as a victim of mythical Russian aggression
and lays claim to the lands of South Ossetia and Abkhazia again and
again," the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry's statement read.
Armenian News - Tert.am
19:41 08.08.13
South Ossetia has urged Georgia to sign an agreement on the non-use
of force, ITAR-TASS reported.
"Georgia should drop attempts at misleading the world community by
loose interpretations of facts and juggling with them, sign a treaty
on non-use of force and start the delimitation and demarcation of
the state border between South Ossetia and Georgia," South Ossetia's
Foreign Ministry said in a statement in Tskhinval, which is holding
memorable events timed for the fifth anniversary of the Georgian
invasion of South Ossetia.
The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry believes "this would make it
possible to ease tensions in the border territories and create
prerequisites for building trust between the two countries."
Tskhinval has said that although in August 2008 it signed the
Medvedev-Sarkozy settlement plan, Georgia has done nothing to comply
with the commitments.
"On a variety of excuses the Georgian side systematically upsets
the Geneva discussions and shirks the conclusion of legally binding
agreements to renounce the use of force towards South Ossetia and
Abkhazia. Georgia continues to present its aggression against South
Ossetia as a war between Russia and Georgia," the South Ossetian
Foreign Ministry said, adding that the Tagliavini commission had
thoroughly studied all circumstances of the events of August 2008
to arrive at the conclusion that it was Georgia that attacked South
Ossetia.
"South Ossetia was forced to use its right to self-defense and to
ask Russia as a guarantor under the Sochi agreement of 1992 for
assistance. In that situation the Russian leadership made a decision
to take measures to coerce Georgia to peace. That decision stemmed
not just from international liabilities, but from noble ethical
principles. The Russian Federation recognized the state independence of
the Republic of South Ossetia as the sole possible step to ensure the
security of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," the South Ossetian Foreign
Ministry said in a statement.
Tskhinval is certain that "the course of the new Georgian authorities
differs little from the policies of their predecessors."
"Georgia positions itself as a victim of mythical Russian aggression
and lays claim to the lands of South Ossetia and Abkhazia again and
again," the South Ossetian Foreign Ministry's statement read.
Armenian News - Tert.am