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Georgia should hold referendum on Armenian Genocide recognition
Monday,
April 22
"Constitutional amendments were adopted in Georgia in March, thanks to
which the president's powers were specified. The Georgian opposition,
namely, President Saakashvili's United National Movement focused more
on an action held on April 19, which, according to my information,
was attended by no more than 5-7 thousand people," the expert on
Georgia Johnny Melikian said at a meeting with reporters today, when
commenting on the recent internal political developments in Georgia.
"It shows that Mikhail Saakashvili's party has now lost the trust
of people and that many of their party members did not take part the
action," Melikian added.
In his words, there was information available recently on an
Abkhazian website that the head of Armenian community in Abkhazia
Galust Trapizonian, who received the title of Hero of Abkhazia
after the Georgian-Abkhazian war, allegedly was going to attend the
Armenian president's inauguration. J. Melikian stressed that there is a
consensus between the Georgian opposition and the Abkhazian leadership
concerning the opening of Abkhazian railway: Saakashvili's opposition
and the Abkhazian authorities are against the railway's opening and
try to create artificial tension in Armenian-Georgian relations with
the aim of delaying the problem's resolution.
When speaking about the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Johnny
Melikian noted that Georgian society lacks information about the
Genocide. He considered it important to inform that country's society
about the Armenian Genocide.
The speaker mentioned Georgia's economic dependence on Turkey as
another obstacle to the Genocide's recognition. According to him,
the number of Georgian migrant workers in Turkey has reached 500,000.
Besides, Georgia imports a lot of goods from Turkey.
Despite this, Johnny Melikian proposed that Georgia should hold a
referendum on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
TODAY, 16:10
Aysor.am
From: Baghdasarian
Monday,
April 22
"Constitutional amendments were adopted in Georgia in March, thanks to
which the president's powers were specified. The Georgian opposition,
namely, President Saakashvili's United National Movement focused more
on an action held on April 19, which, according to my information,
was attended by no more than 5-7 thousand people," the expert on
Georgia Johnny Melikian said at a meeting with reporters today, when
commenting on the recent internal political developments in Georgia.
"It shows that Mikhail Saakashvili's party has now lost the trust
of people and that many of their party members did not take part the
action," Melikian added.
In his words, there was information available recently on an
Abkhazian website that the head of Armenian community in Abkhazia
Galust Trapizonian, who received the title of Hero of Abkhazia
after the Georgian-Abkhazian war, allegedly was going to attend the
Armenian president's inauguration. J. Melikian stressed that there is a
consensus between the Georgian opposition and the Abkhazian leadership
concerning the opening of Abkhazian railway: Saakashvili's opposition
and the Abkhazian authorities are against the railway's opening and
try to create artificial tension in Armenian-Georgian relations with
the aim of delaying the problem's resolution.
When speaking about the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, Johnny
Melikian noted that Georgian society lacks information about the
Genocide. He considered it important to inform that country's society
about the Armenian Genocide.
The speaker mentioned Georgia's economic dependence on Turkey as
another obstacle to the Genocide's recognition. According to him,
the number of Georgian migrant workers in Turkey has reached 500,000.
Besides, Georgia imports a lot of goods from Turkey.
Despite this, Johnny Melikian proposed that Georgia should hold a
referendum on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
TODAY, 16:10
Aysor.am
From: Baghdasarian