France Psition In The Northern Caucasus

Maria Jose Villacis
03-24-2012

THE SITUATION IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS
France position’s paper

The relation between Russia and France is considerably better than before. On June 21st, 2011Prime Ministers of both countries met in Paris talked about the close cooperation of their countries in economic, energy and social development, stressing that the Cold War "is a thing of the past."today the relationship between Russia and France is apparently good. France and Russia are now working together to make tourism in North Caucasus grows up. For now called "Russian-French Corporation." In51% of capital will be in Russia, and the remaining 49% of a subsidiary bank Gallo, the Caucasus France. All statements and agreements were issued and signed in the X International Economic Forum"Sochi-2011", held in the Black Sea Coast. "Spa of the North Caucasus" is a project of the most promising of the region, because the statee invests sums there billionaires, This project is interestingbecause it is through a federal program, through the mechanism of special economic zones, the type of tourism and recreation. The French are not alone in investing in this project. In Sochi, the creationof the tourism cluster s North Caucasus putting the South Korean investors.
The Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg said 2 weeks:
"There are still problems in theNorth Caucasus and Chechnya, but also in the republics to the north, there is also counter that produces casualties among innocent civilians and that must end. In Chechnya have disappeared severalthousand people and are probably in mass I localized that are not open yet. There have been over 150 lawsuits in European courts in Chechnya cases caused by calling for an investigation over what happenedat the most violent of the war 10 years ago and still have the feeling that there has been a sufficiently deep Russian authority on those judgments.
France right after the cold war wasn’t agree...