August
11, 2008August
11, 2008The dramatic and extremely dangerous developments in South Ossetia require an immediate ceasefire and the launching of negotiations for the peaceful resolution of the South Ossetia problem within the framework of the OSCE and the U.N.
The adventurous choice of the President of Georgia to solve the problem of South Ossetia militarily - a problem that has been dragging for 18 years and constituted an object of negotiations in the OSCE framework - has set in motion a bloody circle of violence after the Russian intervention.
In our view, great part of the responsibility for today’s crisis falls on the USA administration, whose utter support to the Saakashvili government promotes its geopolitical and petrol interests in the region entrapping the local population in new tragedies.
This crisis brings to the fore the first negative side effects of the Kossovo issue and depicts the ensuing dangers of the NATO enlargement. Simultaneously, it proves the imperative need for the upgrading of OSCE and the creation of an all-European comprehensive security system with the participation of Russia.
We are emphatically against a military intervention by the USA and NATO, which would constitute the beginning of an international confrontation.
This disordered situation requires a peaceful solution with immediate negotiations on the basis of international law and the UN principles. The peoples of the region will all come out defeated if the conflict continues in the name of geostrategic interests. Peace is the only solution that is in the interests of the people.
The Greek government should contribute actively, as a member of the Black Sea Cooperation and the EU for a ceasefire and the peaceful and just resolution of the crisis.