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ISSUE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION WILL NEVER BE RAISED IN THE GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT
Gita Elibekyan
"Radiolur"
15:22 18.04.2013
The Armenian Genocide issue will never be raised in the Georgian
Parliament, representatives of the current and former authorities
of Georgia have declared in response to the appeal of the Armenian
organizations to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Representative of the Parliamentary majority, member of the Republican
Party Levan Berdzenishvili said: "Georgia and the Georgian nation will
never left room for reprimand. Even when those events were taking
place, we were behaving like a good neighbour and a decent nation
would behave. We gave shelter to Armenians, thus expressing our
attitude. From the political point of view demanding more is unfair."
The MP said the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is unlikely and
added he does not know any Georgian party that would ever do that.
"We respect all that happened, we share the pain of our neighbouring
nation, and April 24 is as painful a day to me as it is to any
Armenian. However, I believe the issue of recognition of the Armenian
Genocide will not be raised either today or any time in the future.
This demand is unfair, as its realization is impossible," he said.
Representative of the parliamentary minority Shota Malashkhia said this
issue between Armenia and Turkey should be solved through dialogue,
noting, at the same time, that "today Georgia does not have enough
weight to prove the issue."
"We also have a number of problems, half a million refugees and
others, and if some day we have the weight and influence in the
region to consider issues of 1915, and if I'm alive by that time,
we'll continue the discussions on the issue," he stated.
From: A. Papazian
Gita Elibekyan
"Radiolur"
15:22 18.04.2013
The Armenian Genocide issue will never be raised in the Georgian
Parliament, representatives of the current and former authorities
of Georgia have declared in response to the appeal of the Armenian
organizations to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Representative of the Parliamentary majority, member of the Republican
Party Levan Berdzenishvili said: "Georgia and the Georgian nation will
never left room for reprimand. Even when those events were taking
place, we were behaving like a good neighbour and a decent nation
would behave. We gave shelter to Armenians, thus expressing our
attitude. From the political point of view demanding more is unfair."
The MP said the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is unlikely and
added he does not know any Georgian party that would ever do that.
"We respect all that happened, we share the pain of our neighbouring
nation, and April 24 is as painful a day to me as it is to any
Armenian. However, I believe the issue of recognition of the Armenian
Genocide will not be raised either today or any time in the future.
This demand is unfair, as its realization is impossible," he said.
Representative of the parliamentary minority Shota Malashkhia said this
issue between Armenia and Turkey should be solved through dialogue,
noting, at the same time, that "today Georgia does not have enough
weight to prove the issue."
"We also have a number of problems, half a million refugees and
others, and if some day we have the weight and influence in the
region to consider issues of 1915, and if I'm alive by that time,
we'll continue the discussions on the issue," he stated.
From: A. Papazian