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GEORGIA READY TO NEUTRALIZE 'GROUPS ENGAGED IN ANTI-GEORGIAN PROPAGANDA' IN AKHALKALAKI
AZG Armenian Daily #081, 05/05/2005
Neighbors
Irakli Okruashvili, Georgian defense minister, informed ITAR Tass
that his country is ready to neutralize "the groups engaged in the
anti-Georgian propaganda in Akhalkalaki." "The Georgian government
will not stand the idea of another hotbed of separatism and will do
everything to secure with jobs all the residents of the region after
the withdrawal of the Russian military forces," the Liberty Radio
cited Okruashvili.
It~Rs worth mentioning that Okruashvili made this statement about the
Akhalkalaki Armenians in the context of the conversation about the
efficiency of the Georgian army." By the end of this year Georgia will
have its strongest army ever for the last 8 centuries. The current
authorities pay great attention to the establishment of the army,
they have greatly increased the budget allocations for the army,
while the servicemen are being educated according to the highest
contemporary criteria," he said.
After the meeting of the high-ranking Georgian and Russian officials,
Georgian foreign minister informed BBC that the withdrawal of the
Russian military stations from Akhalkalaki and Batumi will begin
in late 2005 and complete in 2008. Both Okruashvili and Salome
Zurabishvili stated that the Akhalkalaki Armenians who are in the
Russian Army will be given jobs. Saakashvili also stated that the
Armenians of the region will not be unemployed.
AZG Armenian Daily #081, 05/05/2005
Neighbors
Irakli Okruashvili, Georgian defense minister, informed ITAR Tass
that his country is ready to neutralize "the groups engaged in the
anti-Georgian propaganda in Akhalkalaki." "The Georgian government
will not stand the idea of another hotbed of separatism and will do
everything to secure with jobs all the residents of the region after
the withdrawal of the Russian military forces," the Liberty Radio
cited Okruashvili.
It~Rs worth mentioning that Okruashvili made this statement about the
Akhalkalaki Armenians in the context of the conversation about the
efficiency of the Georgian army." By the end of this year Georgia will
have its strongest army ever for the last 8 centuries. The current
authorities pay great attention to the establishment of the army,
they have greatly increased the budget allocations for the army,
while the servicemen are being educated according to the highest
contemporary criteria," he said.
After the meeting of the high-ranking Georgian and Russian officials,
Georgian foreign minister informed BBC that the withdrawal of the
Russian military stations from Akhalkalaki and Batumi will begin
in late 2005 and complete in 2008. Both Okruashvili and Salome
Zurabishvili stated that the Akhalkalaki Armenians who are in the
Russian Army will be given jobs. Saakashvili also stated that the
Armenians of the region will not be unemployed.