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GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: SO-CALLED "DISPUTABLE CHURCHES" IN TBILISI AND OTHER REGIONS ARE NEITHER GEORGIAN, NOR ARMENIAN
GMTPanARMENIAN.Net
July 28, 2010 - 13:24 AMT 08:24
Georgian Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov said that the so-called
"disputable churches" in Tbilisi and other regions are neither
Georgian, nor Armenian.
Historians should deal with this issue, Nalbandov told Armenian
journalists in Tbilisi. "Georgia cannot transfer historical monuments
to an individual, while the Primate of the Georgian Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church is an individual. Only legal entities have
the right to inheritance. Meanwhile, the Armenian Apostolic Church is
not a legal entity on Georgia's territory," said Nalbandov, adding that
the demand of the Armenian community on return of churches is baseless.
A PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from Tbilisi that, according
to Nalbandov, the Armenian-Georgian relations could be more efficient,
if Armenia votes for resolutions offered by Georgia in international
organizations like UN.
Answering the question why Georgia does not take the same actions, for
which it reproaches Armenia, the Deputy Foreign Minister said that any
country acts based on its own interests. He added that Georgia meets
the wishes of Armenia, pointing to opening of Upper Lars checkpoint
and transit of the Russian gas to Armenia via Georgia's territory.
Meanwhile, the diplomat held back the fact that Georgia receives
certain incomes from the transit.
As for the Georgian-Russian normalization, Alexander Nalbandov
stressed that Tbilisi is always ready for negotiations with Moscow
"in any format, without preconditions and on equal terms."
From: A. Papazian
GMTPanARMENIAN.Net
July 28, 2010 - 13:24 AMT 08:24
Georgian Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov said that the so-called
"disputable churches" in Tbilisi and other regions are neither
Georgian, nor Armenian.
Historians should deal with this issue, Nalbandov told Armenian
journalists in Tbilisi. "Georgia cannot transfer historical monuments
to an individual, while the Primate of the Georgian Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church is an individual. Only legal entities have
the right to inheritance. Meanwhile, the Armenian Apostolic Church is
not a legal entity on Georgia's territory," said Nalbandov, adding that
the demand of the Armenian community on return of churches is baseless.
A PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent reported from Tbilisi that, according
to Nalbandov, the Armenian-Georgian relations could be more efficient,
if Armenia votes for resolutions offered by Georgia in international
organizations like UN.
Answering the question why Georgia does not take the same actions, for
which it reproaches Armenia, the Deputy Foreign Minister said that any
country acts based on its own interests. He added that Georgia meets
the wishes of Armenia, pointing to opening of Upper Lars checkpoint
and transit of the Russian gas to Armenia via Georgia's territory.
Meanwhile, the diplomat held back the fact that Georgia receives
certain incomes from the transit.
As for the Georgian-Russian normalization, Alexander Nalbandov
stressed that Tbilisi is always ready for negotiations with Moscow
"in any format, without preconditions and on equal terms."
From: A. Papazian