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To: Mr. Aslan Maskhadov,
President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
July 31, 2000
In
Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital of Chechenia
August 6, 1996 has gone down in Chechenia’s history as both symbol and
proof of the Chechen people’s national maturity and moral resolution to have an
independent state. Further events have again confirmed the historical error of
the Russian authorities in regard to the Chechen people’s right to
self-determination.
Russia today is undertaking its
colonial war in Chechenia while grossly violating both domestic Russian and
international law, thus setting itself beyond the rule of law and among the
ranks of the 20th century’s agents of violence and state terrorism
based on racism and genocide. Russia’s refusal to enter negotiations with the
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria with third-party participation or on neutral
territory confirms Russia’s non-recognition of universal human values. That was
also confirmed by Russia’s first was against Chechenia, which began without the
need for Russia to even manufacture provocation.
NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly
indicated in its resolution of November 15, 1999 that the humanitarian crisis
in Chechenia cannot be solely a Russian internal
affair, and the US Senate in its resolution
of February 24, 2000 said the Chechen nation is employing its right
to self-defense against Russia. On
Chechenia’s side there is law, and on Russia’s, force. Shedding innocent blood
isn’t without consequences.
No puppet government in Chechenia,
no restoration of the state of affairs as they stood in 1991, no imitation
elections with 50,000 Russian military personnel and an occupational police
regime on the scene can be legal or legitimate. All Chechen issues should be
solved on the basis of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria’s Constitution with its
legitimate President, Parliament and Government.
We deeply admire the Chechen
people’s resistance to their humiliation and destruction and pledge our
solidarity and faith in the ultimate victory of truth and justice. We will help your nation by all possible methods, moral, political and
legal, to fight for the right to live freely on your own land, together with
all the nations of Europe.
Sincerely,
Algirdas
Endriukaitis
Secretary-General