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Abkhazia
Legal basis of statehood and sovereignty
Chapter 3. Legal basis of statehood
3.2. Historical aspects of the sovereignty of Abkhazia
Does Abkhazia have the necessary and sufficient requirements for its
existence as an independent state and for its sovereignty? In respect of the
stated material, it is necessary to express unequivocally that the following
preconditions exist and also prove to be valid:
a) The presence of its own nationality, characterised by its own language not
having any analogues in the world except for related languages met only
among the peoples of the North Caucasus; the national identity is an indicator
of who a person considers himself to be, and to which ethnos he refers
himself;
b) The fact of existence of the indigenous population “Abkhazians” or their
ancestors from II-I millenia BC, confirmed by chronicles from V century BC and
historical annals from VIII century AD. Developed contacts not only with
neighbouring states, but also with the countries of the Mediterranean, Persia,
Golden Horde etc., have documentary proof;
c) Statehood confirmed by historical data from the end of the first
millenium B.C.;
d) Presence of original Abkhazian language and culture, generated
throughout several millenia, and use of different writing methods, since the
early Middle Ages: for contacts with Byzantium, the Greek alphabet was used;
with Romans, Latin; during the existence of the Abkhazian kingdom the Hutsuri
alphabet, which was accepted in Iberia, was used. Later, from XIX century till
now, Cyrillics have been constantly used;
e) Constant struggle throughout the last two centuries against genocide by
Georgia, directed towards artificial change of ethno-demographic conditions in
the country; this artificial demographic imbalance allowed Georgia to accomplish
annexation.
These, as well as other criteria and signs necessary for self-determination,
show that the Abkhazian people have every right to state independence and
sovereignty.
There is an opinion that one of the conditions for the right of people to
self-determination is their number. But this is not true. In table 3 below,
states are presented which are not only sovereign, but are also included in the
Council of Europe, and whose population, including the basic ethnos, is the
same, or even smaller, than that of the Republic of Abkhazia.
Table 3
Small member states of the Council of Europe
Population and area of some Council of Europe member states in
comparison with Abkhazia20
Shamba T., Neproshin А. Abkhazia: Legal basis of statehood and sovereignty. М: Open Company "In-Oktavo", 2005, 240 pages.
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