PACE President demands detailed information about Russia-Georgia developments

“We welcome the agreement reached between Georgia and Russia and declare that violation of Human Rights must not go unpunished”, said Luis Maria de Puig, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). “The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe wishes, in due course, to establish the grave responsibilities borne by each of the parties involved in the conflict.

To this end, I have asked the Russian and Georgian governments, as well as both countries’ parliamentary delegations, for detailed information about what actually happened. We shall see over the weeks ahead what attitude needs to be taken towards two member states which engaged in deadly conflict, but we shall also take account of the political will that they show at this stage to resolve the conflict by peaceful means. In any case, abuses and human rights violations must not go unpunished,” said de Puig.