News Agency GHN publishes non official translation of the project of the agreement between the Republic of Abkhazia and Russian Federation about alliance and strategic partnership.
The project shows that this is a clear attempt annexation and later bringing into own jurisdiction of Abkhazia by Russian Federation.
Taking into account that the project of the document was not published in Georgian till today we consider allowing society to be informed about.
Agreement
About the strategic partnership between the Republic of Abkhazia and Russian Federation.
The Republic of Abkhazia and Russian Federation, later the sides, taking into account the agreement of 1998 September 17 about friendship, collaboration and mutual help, respecting traditional friendship relations and kind neighborhood, close historical ties, mutual respect and trust, also considering regional and global threats are sure that deepening friendship relations, multi polar collaboration and strategic partnership is in national interests of both countries and serves for peace, security and stability in the region of Caucasus. At the same tome the participant sides of the agreement confirm loyalty to the principles of UN regulations and international norms, among them respect towards human rights and freedom and express desire to kind neighborhood relations with other states. Abkhazia and Russia are entering new stage of interstate relations, that aims strengthening sovereignty of Abkhazia and Russia providing territorial integrity. According to this participant sides of the agreement agree on:
Article 1
The sides continue bilateral, equal and constructive collaboration in the regional, security, alliance and strategic partnership issues, that will be based on the principle of mutual respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries.
Article 2
1. Concrete stages of the realization of the agreement, agenda and financing sources, events and fulfilling of the terms are determined by:
- With separate agreement that is formed by the sides with the terms determined by the 3rd article of the agreement about development of alliance and strategic partnership.
- With separate protocol that is part of this agreement with joint decision of the responsible organs.
2. The realization of this agreement will be determined by the sides in one month trm after entry into force.
Artice 3
The main directions of deepening of alliance and strategic partnership are:
- Corporate coordinated foreign policy;
- Creation of security and defense joint space;
- Creation of economic and social space;
- Support of social-economical development of the Republic of Abkhazia;
- Creation of proper conditions for integration in post soviet space that became possible with the initiative and support of Russia;
- Maintenance of joint cultural, spiritual and humanitarian space
Article 4
1. The sides carry coordinated foreign policy that takes into account interests of both sides while collaboration in different spheres and informing of each other. The sides collaborate closely in the issues of peace, security and stability in the region of Caucasus.
2. The Russian Federation will help Abkhazia in strengthening international ties, will take care about continuation of declaring politics and in integration of Abkhazia in international organizations, among them in the organizations that are founded with the initiative of Russia.
Article
Formation of joint security and defense space considers:
- Establishment of joint position and consultation of the issues of security;
- Creation of joint military group for repelling possible aggression or attack (that is in coincidence with 51th article of UN regulations) and formation of leading organ of military group;
- Carrying out joint events for protection of Abkhazia-Georgia state border and border space where is spread sovereign rights and jurisdiction of Abkhazia.
Article 6
1. If one of the sides will be under military aggression from other state or stated it will be perceived as aggression by second side too;
2. In case of aggression one side will provide with military help taking into account 51th article of UN regulations;
3. About measures determined by this article the sides will immediately inform UN. Besides the sides will use regulations of UN while taking action.
Article 7
1. For the purpose to avoid possible military aggression (armed attack) the sides during one year after entering into force the agreement create joint military group that will be formed from armed forces of Abkhazia and Russia.
2. In the terms of unavoidable danger of aggression as the head of the group will be representative of Russia and as its deputy representative of Abkhazia. Using force by the joint military group on the territory of Abkhazia should be agreed with the head of joint armed forces.
3. In peaceful period the relations between units of joint military group is determined by operational group which will be stuffed by the representatives of Abkhazia and Russia.
4. Staff of joint military group, its formation, functioning is determined with separate agreements that will be formed by the sides during 6 months.
Article 8
1. The sides will provide with modernization of armed forces of Abkhazia, its unification, material-technical support, financing and social guarantees for military personnel. The Russian side also takes obligation to provide Abkhazian army with modern arms.
2. Russia finances the events determined by the agreement on the basis of those separate agreements the obligation of forming of which the sides take during 6 months after entry into the force of the agreement.
Article 9
1. The sides recognize own responsibilities about protection of the border of Russia-Abkhazia taking into account the terms of the agreement on 2009 April 30.
2. The sides also take obligation to take complex measures not later than 2 years after entry into force of the agreement for protection of the border of Abkhazia and Georgia, also sea space. The sides also will provide with free movement of the border of Russia-Abkhazia taking into account security restrictions.
3. The sides have to provide with engineering-technical equipment the border of Abkhazia-Georgia during 2 years after entry into force the agreement.
4. The plan of realization of complex measures determined by 2nd and 3rd part of 9th article the sides will agree during 6 months.
Article 10
1. With the aim of coordination for fight with organized and other kind of crime the sides will create informational-coordination center during one year.
2. The center will fulfill the following tasks:
- Will exchange operative information and will make operative-criminal reports;
- Will create common database of the members of organized crime that harms interests of both countries;
- Will gather and will analyze the data about organized crime;
- Will provide with identification, arrest and handling of internationally wanted persons;
- Will make coordination while fight with especially dangerous crime;
Article 11
1. The Republic of Abkhazia during 3 years after entry into force this agreement will make realization of complex of the events in the issues of regulations and will provide with harmonization of customs legislation of Abkhazia with the customs system of economic union of Eurasia.
2. Russian Federation will help methodologically the Republic of Abkhazia in fulfilling the complex of events determined by the first part of 11th article.
articel 12
Creation of specialized organ from one side on the territory of other side, the function of which is customs clearance and control, also control of goods and transport means, on the basis of the agreement of October 16, 2012 takes into account:
- Creation of customs control zones;
- Creation of temporary storage warehouses;
- Using Customs identification means (seals, stamps, seals);
3. Russia and the customs authorities to recognize the results of customs controls.
Article 13
Russian Federation will take actions to simplify the procedures of giving citizenship of Russia for population of Abkhazia.
Article 14
1. The Republic of Abkhazia will provide to increase stage by stage salaries in state structures (health, education, science, sport, social service) to get close to the standards of Russian Federation.
Article 15
1. From January 1 2015 during 3 years Russian Federation will pay pension to the citizens of Russian who live in Abkhazia according to the standards of south region of Russia.
Article 16
1.The Republic of Abkhazia will create necessary terms for own citizens who live on the territory of Russia for medical insurance, according to the insurance system in Russian Federation.
2. Russian Federation with the help of Abkhazia will carry out complex of events in 1 year term from entry into force of the agreement that will provide with:
- Insurance of the citizens of Russia who live in Abkhazia;
Article 17
With the aim to develop health system of Abkhazia with the help of Russian side the Republic of Abkhazia will receive:
- Normative acts in the sphere of health that will be on coincidence with norms taken into account with the health legislation of Russia.
Article 18
1. The Republic of Abkhazia not later than 3 years after entry into force the agreement will realize complex of events that will be directed towards those physical persons and organizations that are going to carry out medical and pharmaceutical activity.
2. The plan of realization of complex of events should be agreed by the sides during 6 months after entry into force of the agreement.
Article 19
1. Russian Federation will provide citizens of Russia who live of the territory of Abkhazia with medicaments.
Article 20
1. With the aim to increase the level of education the Republic of Abkhazia with the help of Russia will realize following events during 3 years after entry of the agreement:
- The Republic of Abkhazia receives juridical-normative acts to increase the level of education with the help of Russian Federation during 3 years after entry into force of the agreement:
- Receives juridical-normative acts in accordance of Russian education system;
- Works of educational programs, will provide with growth of qualification of educators.
Article 21
1. Russian Federation will help Republic of Abkhazia in realization of the program of development of Abkhazian Language.
Article 22
This Agreement is subject to ratification and shall enter into force after the exchange of instruments of proxy.
Article 23
This agreement is formed with 10 year term and is continued automatically once in every 5 years of one of the sides will not want to cease it. In this case the side who wants to leave the agreement has to notify another side in written form 6 months earlier before expiration date of the agreement.
Article 24
It is possible to make changes in this agreement that is possible in case of forming separate protocols. The changes can be made with demand of both sides.