BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

16/12/2008

PACE to discuss Belarus, Russian-Georgian ties

MOSCOW, December 16 (RIA Novosti) - The political commission of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will gather in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the current situation in Belarus and Russian-Georgian relations.

"The EU policy in Belarus and the current state of democracy in this country will be one of the central issues of the forthcoming session," a PACE source said, adding the "consequences of the war between Russia and Georgia" in August will also be on the agenda.

"The parliamentarians will also consider the implementation of a resolution, adopted this October," the source said.

On October 2 PACE adopted a resolution calling on Russia to annul its recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In the resolution, the assembly said both Georgia and Russia had violated Council of Europe principles and values, and were "responsible for violations of human rights and humanitarian law" which "can be considered war crimes."

The resolution also urges Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia, to comply with the peace plan signed by the French and Russian presidents in August, and to allow observers from the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) access to South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Source:

http://en.rian.ru/world/20081216/118881605.html

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