Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- Map 1 Chechnya
- Map 2 The Caucasus region
- 1 Introduction: Why Chechnya?
- 2 Chechnya in Russia and Russia in Chechnya
- 3 Chechnya and Tatarstan: Differences in Search of an Explanation
- 4 The Chechen War in the Context of Contemporary Russian Politics
- 5 A Multitude of Evils: Mythology and Political Failure in Chechnya
- 6 Chechnya and the Russian Military: A War Too Far?
- 7 The Chechen Wars and the Struggle for Human Rights
- 8 Dynamics of a Society at War: Ethnographical Aspects
- 9 Chechnya: The Breaking Point
- 10 Globalisation, ‘New Wars’, and the War in Chechnya
- 11 Western Views of the Chechen Conflict
- 12 A War by Any Other Name: Chechnya, 11 September and the War Against Terrorism
- 13 The Peace Process in Chechnya
- Afterword
- Appendix 1 The Khasavyurt Peace Agreement
- Appendix 2 Treaty on Peace and the Principles of Mutual Relations between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Further Reading
Appendix 1 - The Khasavyurt Peace Agreement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Contributors
- Map 1 Chechnya
- Map 2 The Caucasus region
- 1 Introduction: Why Chechnya?
- 2 Chechnya in Russia and Russia in Chechnya
- 3 Chechnya and Tatarstan: Differences in Search of an Explanation
- 4 The Chechen War in the Context of Contemporary Russian Politics
- 5 A Multitude of Evils: Mythology and Political Failure in Chechnya
- 6 Chechnya and the Russian Military: A War Too Far?
- 7 The Chechen Wars and the Struggle for Human Rights
- 8 Dynamics of a Society at War: Ethnographical Aspects
- 9 Chechnya: The Breaking Point
- 10 Globalisation, ‘New Wars’, and the War in Chechnya
- 11 Western Views of the Chechen Conflict
- 12 A War by Any Other Name: Chechnya, 11 September and the War Against Terrorism
- 13 The Peace Process in Chechnya
- Afterword
- Appendix 1 The Khasavyurt Peace Agreement
- Appendix 2 Treaty on Peace and the Principles of Mutual Relations between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
- Further Reading
Summary
The Khasavyurt Russian-Chechen Agreement
31 August 1996
JOINT STATEMENT
We the undersigned,
Taking into consideration the progress achieved in the realisation of the Agreement on the cessation of military actions;
Making efforts to achieve mutually acceptable preconditions for a political settlement of the armed conflict;
Acknowledging that the use or threat of armed force to settle disputes is unacceptable; Based on the generally accepted principles of the right of peoples to self-determination, the principles of equal rights, voluntariness and freedom of choice, the strengthening of national agreement and the security of peoples;
Expressing the intent unconditionally to defend the human rights and freedoms of citizens, regardless of national origin, religious denomination, place of residence or other differences, an end to acts of violence between political opponents, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1949 and the international covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966,
We have worked out principles* for the determination of basis of relations between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic, on the basis of which further negotiation will take place.
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- ChechnyaFrom Past to Future, pp. 295 - 296Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2005