sexta-feira, 2 de julho de 2010

PACE fail to reach consensus over Russia-Georgia dossier

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has not yet reached a consensus on the Russian-Georgian dossier, the Assembly's President Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
The dossier was one of the main issues on the agenda at the recently-held PACE summer session.
"The chairman of the [PACE] monitoring commission is currently working on the Russian-Georgian issue," Cavusoglu said.
PACE has discussed reports on the consequences of the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war at least five times since October 2008, when the assembly asked Russia to reverse its recognition of the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but did not support radical proposals to deprive Russia of the right to vote.
Russia recognized the independence of the two republics following the five-day war in August 2008, which started when Georgia attacked South Ossetia in an attempt to bring it back under central control.
Both Russia and Georgia are being monitored by PACE to ensure their compliance with commitments under the French-brokered ceasefire agreements.