CIRCASSIAN COMMUNITY OF AUSTRALIA
APPEAL
December, 3rd 2009.
The Circassian community of Australia expresses its extreme concern in relation to the developed situation around of the disputable lands in Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The bill "About status of the lands of nomadic animal industries in Kabardino-Balkarian Republic" infringing the interests of Adygs in KBR seriously destabilizes the tense relations among Adygs and Balkarians. KBR authorities, having given in to the pressure of Balkarian ultra-nationalists, adopting that bill, endanger the relative stability and the interethnic peace in the republic. Adygs of had showed their tolerance and had not given in on provocation so far. However their patience is not boundless as further ignoring and infringement of the interests of Circassians of KBR could lead to the rough opposing among Balkarians and Adygs. Next Karachaevo-Circassia, Adygeya as well as the wide Circassian community would be inevitably involved in such conflict. We do not undertake to predict further development of the situation, as well as the scales of the international resonance caused by the events before the Olympiad in Sochi in 2014, and also possible consequences of such events for that Olympiad.
We call KBR authorities, the Russian leadership, and also the Balkarian elite to show their prudence and to not aggravate the present uneasy situation. Attempts of the power pressure upon the leaders of Circassian movements can only worsen the situation and can lead to radicalization of the nationalistic part of Adygeyan society with every following consequence.
We support all the demands stated by the Circassian youth movements at the meeting of Adygeyan public of KBR, organized on November, 17th in Nalchik. We consider that satisfaction of all those demands, in particular items 1-6 is essentially important for preservation of the relative public stability in KBR, KCR Northern Caucasus, and, in Russia as a whole.
Circassian community of Australia
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