PARTY LEADER: ARMENIA'S LEADERSHIP AFRAID OF MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI
Regnum, Russia
Oct 25 2006
Armenia's position in relations with Georgia should be clear-cut
and tough. New Time opposition party leader Aram Karapetyan made the
announcement at a news conference on October 25.
According to him, "the current situation with Javakh (Javakheti,
Armenian-populated area in Georgia - REGNUM) is a result of
lack of a clear action plan by the Armenian authorities." "It is
necessary to present the question and claims in a tough way. If
we solve the Javakh issue on conditions favorable for Georgia, it
should be pre-conditioned that the Georgian side settles all the
problems of the Armenian-speaking population: teaching in Armenian,
Armenian-speaking TV-channel, and other issues," he notes. Besides,
as Karapetyan stresses, the issue of transit roads is to be determined
by a special article in all intergovernmental treaties, which will
result in final settlement of the problem.
As Aram Karapetyan says, Armenia's leadership avoids harshness, as
they are afraid of Mikhail Saakashvili, thinking that if the Georgian
leader is "pro-American," it is necessary to be in "good relations"
with him. For the reason of those "good relations," he notes,
the republican authorities practically yielded 6,000 km of its own
territories. "The current authorities are unable to comprehend one
thing: last for power should not be the basis for such an affair,"
the party leader concludes.