EX-PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA SAYS ARMENIAN LOBBY NOT INVOLVED IN HANDING POWER TO SAAKASHVILI
news.am
Aug 23, 2011
Armenia
Former Georgian President Eduard Shivarnadze called "nonsense" rumors
saying he handed over power to Mikhail Saakashvili as a result of
conspiracy with Armenian lobby in 2003.
"It is nonsense," he said in an interview with Georgian Asaval-Dasavali
newspaper.
He agreed that Georgian resorts are full of "Armenians and Turks",
Georgia Online reported. However, Shivarnadze failed to confirm that
Armenian lobby patronizes Mikhail Saakashvili.
"My cooperation with Armenia and Azerbaijan was built on real
friendship and good neighborly relations. Heydar Aliyev and Karen
Demirchyan [leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Soviet times] were
my personal friends," he emphasized.
news.am
Aug 23, 2011
Armenia
Former Georgian President Eduard Shivarnadze called "nonsense" rumors
saying he handed over power to Mikhail Saakashvili as a result of
conspiracy with Armenian lobby in 2003.
"It is nonsense," he said in an interview with Georgian Asaval-Dasavali
newspaper.
He agreed that Georgian resorts are full of "Armenians and Turks",
Georgia Online reported. However, Shivarnadze failed to confirm that
Armenian lobby patronizes Mikhail Saakashvili.
"My cooperation with Armenia and Azerbaijan was built on real
friendship and good neighborly relations. Heydar Aliyev and Karen
Demirchyan [leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Soviet times] were
my personal friends," he emphasized.