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GEORGIA [17-08-08] : Russia now has to honor its commitments

GEORGIA [17-08-08] : Russia now has to honor its commitments

Posté le 17 août 2008 par Webmaster (Contacter l'auteur)

Visiting an IDP camp newly erected in the outskirts of Tbilisi, Marie Anne ISLER-BEGUIN, Chair of the European Parliament Delegation to Georgia, before heading back to Brussels, stated :

Tbilisi, 17 August 2008

Russia has signed the peace agreement with Georgia negotiated by the French European Union Presidency. Now Russia has to withdraw its troops into the agreed boundaries.

Cities such as Gori where I was yesterday as first international witness after the signing of the signing of the peace agreement by President Medvedev, need urgently to be opened to the Georgian and international humanitarian aid. Georgian civil administration needs to take over and guarantee the safety of the people. This is a precondition for the refugees such as these admirable people I met in this camp in Tbilisi, who only wait to return back to their families and homes in Gori.

Marie Anne ISLER-BEGUIN pointed out that the European Union and the international community now have to assure that the peace agreement is finally respected not only by the Georgian side, but also by the Russian government and army and all other militia which are actually harassing the Georgian people, looting, burning and vandalizing the Georgian countryside well beyond the conflict areas.


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