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Sept 3 2011
Georgian envoy said country once can close border with Armenia - WikiLeaks
September 03, 2011 | 16:25
One of the WikiLeaks-disclosed cables revealed details of the meeting
between U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch and Georgian
Ambassador to Armenia Gregory Tabatadze.
`The two main themes of Tabatadze's comments were that the Armenians
do not appreciate all that the Government of Georgia (GOG) has done
for them, and that Armenians constantly demand more without offering
anything in return,' the cable reads.
It refers both to the issues of border demarcation and the disputed churches.
`We don't want the churches. Everyone knows they are Armenian
churches.' Tabatadze said, but it would only be fair for the
Georgians to receive other churches in return.
`Tabatadze believes that the Armenian Government (GOAM) is
purposefully pressing the Georgians on all these issues because the
Armenians believe Georgia is in a position of weakness after the war
with Russia, which has left the country in a fragile psychological
state. He also believes that the Russians are pushing the GOAM to make
many of these demands as part of the Russian campaign against Georgia.
Tabatadze warned that there was a view in the MFA that Georgia should
teach Armenia a lesson by shutting the border, if Armenia persists in
its maximalist agenda. `We could close the border in one day,' he
stated,' the document says.
The document also provides Foreign Ministry's comments saying they had
never heard anyone in the foreign office, or anywhere in the
Government, seriously propose closing the border with Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
Sept 3 2011
Georgian envoy said country once can close border with Armenia - WikiLeaks
September 03, 2011 | 16:25
One of the WikiLeaks-disclosed cables revealed details of the meeting
between U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch and Georgian
Ambassador to Armenia Gregory Tabatadze.
`The two main themes of Tabatadze's comments were that the Armenians
do not appreciate all that the Government of Georgia (GOG) has done
for them, and that Armenians constantly demand more without offering
anything in return,' the cable reads.
It refers both to the issues of border demarcation and the disputed churches.
`We don't want the churches. Everyone knows they are Armenian
churches.' Tabatadze said, but it would only be fair for the
Georgians to receive other churches in return.
`Tabatadze believes that the Armenian Government (GOAM) is
purposefully pressing the Georgians on all these issues because the
Armenians believe Georgia is in a position of weakness after the war
with Russia, which has left the country in a fragile psychological
state. He also believes that the Russians are pushing the GOAM to make
many of these demands as part of the Russian campaign against Georgia.
Tabatadze warned that there was a view in the MFA that Georgia should
teach Armenia a lesson by shutting the border, if Armenia persists in
its maximalist agenda. `We could close the border in one day,' he
stated,' the document says.
The document also provides Foreign Ministry's comments saying they had
never heard anyone in the foreign office, or anywhere in the
Government, seriously propose closing the border with Armenia.
From: A. Papazian