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SHIRAK TOROSYAN: SOME POLITICAL PROCESSES IN GEORGIA AFFECT THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
24.05.2011 16:33
President of the Javakhk Patriotic Union Shirak Torosyan today
refrained from giving any assessment to the political developments
in Georgia. However, there are processes which somehow affect the
Georgian Armenian community, he said. According to him, the Armenian
community faces the problem of what approach to assume and what to do.
"There is no common position among the community organizations,
and that's incorrect," the MP said.
According to Shirak Torosyan, Javakhk Armenians should be distinguished
from the Georgian Armenian community, since the political behavior
of the two is somewhat different. There is no common stance, and as
Georgian citizen, every Armenian decides for himself, which one it
wants to support. Usually, the national minorities in any country
support the incumbent authorities.
Shirak Torosyan says the Georgian Armenian community can be united
only in one case. For instance, this may happen if the opposition
gives concrete promises, let's say regarding the recognition of the
Armenian Genocide or the solution of the issue of the status of the
Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
"However, none of the opposition figures has promised anything,
which makes Georgian Armenians act behave as individual citizens,
not as a united community," the MP said
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
24.05.2011 16:33
President of the Javakhk Patriotic Union Shirak Torosyan today
refrained from giving any assessment to the political developments
in Georgia. However, there are processes which somehow affect the
Georgian Armenian community, he said. According to him, the Armenian
community faces the problem of what approach to assume and what to do.
"There is no common position among the community organizations,
and that's incorrect," the MP said.
According to Shirak Torosyan, Javakhk Armenians should be distinguished
from the Georgian Armenian community, since the political behavior
of the two is somewhat different. There is no common stance, and as
Georgian citizen, every Armenian decides for himself, which one it
wants to support. Usually, the national minorities in any country
support the incumbent authorities.
Shirak Torosyan says the Georgian Armenian community can be united
only in one case. For instance, this may happen if the opposition
gives concrete promises, let's say regarding the recognition of the
Armenian Genocide or the solution of the issue of the status of the
Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
"However, none of the opposition figures has promised anything,
which makes Georgian Armenians act behave as individual citizens,
not as a united community," the MP said