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    TBILISI'S REACTION TO ARMENIAN CRISIS

    The Georgian Times
    http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=17251
    March 3 2008
    Georgia

    Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze said on March
    3 she hoped the current crisis in Armenia would be resolved in the
    shortest possible period of time.

    "It was very hard to watch developments [in Yerevan]. Only the Lord and
    concrete steps undertaken in Georgia saved us from something similar
    [last November]," Burjanadze said. "I hope the Armenian people and
    the authorities overcome the crisis as soon as possible."

    President Saakashvili spoke to his Armenian counterpart, Robert
    Kocharian, on March 2 by telephone. "The Georgian leader expressed
    his support for the Armenian people and the Armenian authorities,"
    the Armenian president's press office said.

    Meanwhile, the Georgian opposition Republican Party issued a statement
    condemning, what it called, violence against peaceful protesters. "The
    Armenian authorities have chosen to suppress protests without
    exhausting dialogue with part of the population, which questioned
    the official results of the presidential election," it said.

    Opposition Conservative Party said in a statement that it was
    condemning use of force against peaceful protesters. "The Conservative
    Party calls on the international community to prevent establishment of
    authoritarian regimes in Georgia and Armenia and to foster development
    of democracy," it said.

    On March 2 a small group of civil society activists and ethnic
    Armenians living in Georgia held a protest rally outside the Armenian
    embassy in Tbilisi, condemning the break-up of a demonstration
    in Yerevan.

    Official Armenian reports say eight people were killed and
    dozens injured as a result of clashes on March 1 between police
    and demonstrators protesting against the February 19 presidential
    election results.
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