During the 5th Annual Member Congress in Bern, all present ECPM members rallied behind the Christian Democratic Movement of Georgia, in expressing their concerns over the situation in the region.

Therefore all ECPM members declare that:

We are concerned about the situation in the Georgian breakaway regions after the 2008 August war. Russia's policy to fully militarize the occupied territories in Georgia abruptly violates international law and the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement, increases the tension and could possibly result in the destabilization of the entire region.

Russia has already blocked the OSCE Monitoring Mission in the breakaway regions of Georgia and plans to do the same to discontinue the UN Observer Mission at the Security Council meeting next week, which can result in leaving the Georgian breakaway regions without the presence of any international monitoring body. This could be specifically dangerous as there has been a build-up of Russian troops in the breakaway regions.

We oppose Russia's decision to stop the OSCE Monitoring Mission in the breakaway regions of Georgia the and call on the international community to prevent Russia's possible attempt in the Security Council to discontinue the UN Observer Mission in the Georgian conflict zones.

We call on Russia to fulfill their obligations imposed by the resolutions of the Council of Europe and withdraw the recognition of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

We, the member parties of the ECPM, support Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and believe that strong, defensible and democratic Georgia will contribute not only to the regional but also to the wider European security.

The ECPM hopes that the international community will show its consistency to protect Georgia's sovereignty and demand de-occupation of its territories, which will create necessary preconditions for much wanted peace and development in the region.