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ARMENIA PLANS TO OCCUPY ABKHAZIA? GEORGIAN INTELLIGENTSIA ACCUSES ARMENIANS OF GENOCIDE OF GEORGIANS
Regnum, Russia
Nov 16 2006
APA news agency (Baku) reports that 60 representatives of the
Georgian intelligentsia have demanded that Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili recognize the genocide committed by Armenians in Georgia.
They say that in 1993, the "Bagramyan" military unit, together with
Abkhazians, fought against the Georgian army and killed Georgians
living in Abkhazia: "Before the Czar, Russia populated Georgian
Javakheti with Armenians, there had been no single Armenian in that
region. However, today Javakheti is mentioned as part of Armenia.
Having 'crippled' the Georgian monuments in the territory of Javakheti,
the Armenians are not trying to convince everybody that they are
Armenian. All this is being done systematically, and so, must be
recognized as a genocide against the Georgian nation."
Member of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia in exile Akaky Gasviani
supports this initiative and points out that the Armenians have a big
role in the "occupation" of Georgian lands and the establishment of
the separatist regime in Abkhazia.
The Golos Armenii daily publishes the abridged version of the article
"What Is Armenia Plotting Against Georgia," published in the Aisi
daily (Georgia) (#36, Oct 3-9 2006). Golos Armenii says that the
article tells how Armenians populated Abkhazia and Ajaria and what
the atrocities the "Bagramyan" battalion committed during the war
against the Georgians. "Journalist Gogneli quotes "some expert on
Armenian problems" as saying: "If anybody thinks that the Russians
will appropriate Abkhazia, he is mistaken. Should they - God forbid -
recognize Abkhazia as an independent, the Armenians will occupy this
region in just one year. Today, they are silent and are just waiting
for a good opportunity. But as soon as it happens, they will rise and
appropriate this Georgian region. Today, they are trying to occupy
Abkhazia's sea coast - they are actively working in this direction.
Then, they will 'take care of' Javakheti" and, finally, they will
get access to the sea. This is a part of their "Great Armenia"
plan. So, we, the Georgians, must be vigilant and wise. I wonder if
our leadership is thinking about it?"
The Azg daily says that, neither in the Georgian mass media nor via
its own sources in Georgia, has it managed to find anything that could
prove the information of the Georgian daily. Asked by Azg to comment
on the statement, Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia Revaz Gachechiladze
said that he knows nothing about such a statement and, even if it was
made, he, first of all, wants to know the names of its authors. "In
any case, this is not the position of the Georgian Government."
Regnum, Russia
Nov 16 2006
APA news agency (Baku) reports that 60 representatives of the
Georgian intelligentsia have demanded that Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili recognize the genocide committed by Armenians in Georgia.
They say that in 1993, the "Bagramyan" military unit, together with
Abkhazians, fought against the Georgian army and killed Georgians
living in Abkhazia: "Before the Czar, Russia populated Georgian
Javakheti with Armenians, there had been no single Armenian in that
region. However, today Javakheti is mentioned as part of Armenia.
Having 'crippled' the Georgian monuments in the territory of Javakheti,
the Armenians are not trying to convince everybody that they are
Armenian. All this is being done systematically, and so, must be
recognized as a genocide against the Georgian nation."
Member of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia in exile Akaky Gasviani
supports this initiative and points out that the Armenians have a big
role in the "occupation" of Georgian lands and the establishment of
the separatist regime in Abkhazia.
The Golos Armenii daily publishes the abridged version of the article
"What Is Armenia Plotting Against Georgia," published in the Aisi
daily (Georgia) (#36, Oct 3-9 2006). Golos Armenii says that the
article tells how Armenians populated Abkhazia and Ajaria and what
the atrocities the "Bagramyan" battalion committed during the war
against the Georgians. "Journalist Gogneli quotes "some expert on
Armenian problems" as saying: "If anybody thinks that the Russians
will appropriate Abkhazia, he is mistaken. Should they - God forbid -
recognize Abkhazia as an independent, the Armenians will occupy this
region in just one year. Today, they are silent and are just waiting
for a good opportunity. But as soon as it happens, they will rise and
appropriate this Georgian region. Today, they are trying to occupy
Abkhazia's sea coast - they are actively working in this direction.
Then, they will 'take care of' Javakheti" and, finally, they will
get access to the sea. This is a part of their "Great Armenia"
plan. So, we, the Georgians, must be vigilant and wise. I wonder if
our leadership is thinking about it?"
The Azg daily says that, neither in the Georgian mass media nor via
its own sources in Georgia, has it managed to find anything that could
prove the information of the Georgian daily. Asked by Azg to comment
on the statement, Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia Revaz Gachechiladze
said that he knows nothing about such a statement and, even if it was
made, he, first of all, wants to know the names of its authors. "In
any case, this is not the position of the Georgian Government."