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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISITS GEORGIA
Press TV
http://presstv.com/detail/213137.html
Dec 1 2011
Iran
Armenia's President Serg Sargsyan is getting the red carpet treatment
in Georiga.
The Caucasian neighbours are stepping up mutual cooperation and trying
to boost trade. In Tbilisi the two presidents attended a business forum
dedicated to increasing business links. President Sargsyan, however,
says the relationship between Georgia goes much further than this.
The Georgian government, meanwhile, has even bigger dreams. President
Saakashvili hopes to set up a Caucasian Union to counterbalance
Russia's influence in the region.
The 'imperial force' is a reference to Russia. But while
Georgian-Russian relations are in the deep-freeze, Russia is Armenia's
most important trade partner and ally.
Experts say this is one thing that is likely to complicate plans for
Caucasian Union.
And in spite of the close relations between the two presidents there
are a number of thorny bilateral issues. Armenia wants this cathedral
in Tbilisi returned to the control of the Armenian church, something
the Georgian Patriarchate opposes. Also, there are concerns on both
sides about the situation in the Georgian province of Javakheti,
mainly populated by Armenians. In Tbilisi, however, all talk was of
mutual cooperation.
Both presidents were talking from the same page during this visit,
and singing the praises of enhanced political and economic ties. But
whiel deeper cooperation might be both desirable and necessary for
Armania and Georgia, with the Russia factor and sensitive domestic
issues, it might be more complicated than it seems.
Press TV
http://presstv.com/detail/213137.html
Dec 1 2011
Iran
Armenia's President Serg Sargsyan is getting the red carpet treatment
in Georiga.
The Caucasian neighbours are stepping up mutual cooperation and trying
to boost trade. In Tbilisi the two presidents attended a business forum
dedicated to increasing business links. President Sargsyan, however,
says the relationship between Georgia goes much further than this.
The Georgian government, meanwhile, has even bigger dreams. President
Saakashvili hopes to set up a Caucasian Union to counterbalance
Russia's influence in the region.
The 'imperial force' is a reference to Russia. But while
Georgian-Russian relations are in the deep-freeze, Russia is Armenia's
most important trade partner and ally.
Experts say this is one thing that is likely to complicate plans for
Caucasian Union.
And in spite of the close relations between the two presidents there
are a number of thorny bilateral issues. Armenia wants this cathedral
in Tbilisi returned to the control of the Armenian church, something
the Georgian Patriarchate opposes. Also, there are concerns on both
sides about the situation in the Georgian province of Javakheti,
mainly populated by Armenians. In Tbilisi, however, all talk was of
mutual cooperation.
Both presidents were talking from the same page during this visit,
and singing the praises of enhanced political and economic ties. But
whiel deeper cooperation might be both desirable and necessary for
Armania and Georgia, with the Russia factor and sensitive domestic
issues, it might be more complicated than it seems.