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GEORGIAN OPPOSITION DEFENDS ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS, BUT DOUBTS WIKILEAKS
ArmeniaDiaspora.com
Sept 19 2011
Epress.am -- Georgian opposition party Free Georgia has cast doubt on a
cable recently released by WikiLeaks in which His Holiness Karekin II,
the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter
to the US Ambassador to Armenia addressed to US President Barack Obama
in 2009, asking the latter to pay attention to the plight of religious
minorities in Georgia, and particularly on the lack of legal status and
the protracted process of returning church buildings and properties.
"We deeply believe that the Catholicos of All Armenians would not
send officials of a partner country false and defamatory information.
Especially since negotiations regarding the status of religious
minorities in Georgia was underway and there was no reason to involve
the US in this issue. In addition, Georgia has a commitment to the
European Union on the ratification of the European Charter for Regional
or Minority Languages," reads a statement issued by Free Georgia.
Furthermore, the opposition party recalls that Georgian society has
always been distinguished in its tolerance toward other religions and
ethnicities, and there has never been opposition based on religion
or religious persecution in Georgia, unlike in many other countries
which are currently considered to be "exporting democracy," reports
Georgia Online.
Article source: http://bit.ly/nkzgnA
ArmeniaDiaspora.com
Sept 19 2011
Epress.am -- Georgian opposition party Free Georgia has cast doubt on a
cable recently released by WikiLeaks in which His Holiness Karekin II,
the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter
to the US Ambassador to Armenia addressed to US President Barack Obama
in 2009, asking the latter to pay attention to the plight of religious
minorities in Georgia, and particularly on the lack of legal status and
the protracted process of returning church buildings and properties.
"We deeply believe that the Catholicos of All Armenians would not
send officials of a partner country false and defamatory information.
Especially since negotiations regarding the status of religious
minorities in Georgia was underway and there was no reason to involve
the US in this issue. In addition, Georgia has a commitment to the
European Union on the ratification of the European Charter for Regional
or Minority Languages," reads a statement issued by Free Georgia.
Furthermore, the opposition party recalls that Georgian society has
always been distinguished in its tolerance toward other religions and
ethnicities, and there has never been opposition based on religion
or religious persecution in Georgia, unlike in many other countries
which are currently considered to be "exporting democracy," reports
Georgia Online.
Article source: http://bit.ly/nkzgnA