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Of All the Candidates, Only Hovannisian Mentions Javakhk in Campaign Platform
Kristine Aghalaryan
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/23381/of-all-the-candidates-only-hovannisian-mentions-javakhk-in-campaign-platform.html
15:05, February 15, 2013
Of all the candidates now in the race to become the next president of
Armenia, only Raffi Hovannisian has anything to say in his election
platform regarding the Armenian populated region of Javakhk in
Georgia.
Hovannisian, when discussing his goals in foreign affairs, points to
Javakhk in particular, and calls for transforming Armenian relations
with Georgia to the level of a `developing partnership'.
`Bilateral, multi-level cooperation as the path to resolving the
national-civil issues in Javakhk, which serves as a factor in the
national security of Armenia,' Hovannisian's platform reads.
The other candidates, including President Sargsyan, make no mention of
Javakhk in their platforms even though many Javakhk Armenians have
received RA citizenship since 2008 so that they can travel to Russia
for seasonal work.
Readers will remember that at the time of the last presidential
election in 2008, those Javakhk groups supporting Serzh Sargsyan
organized a mass influx of Javakhk Armenians to ensure sufficient
votes for Sargsyan.
It can't be ruled out that they'll do the same this year.
All the candidates, except for Hrant Bagratyan, have avoided any
comment on what their long-term vision is vis-a-vis relations to
Georgia.
Bagratyan says he seeks to raise the level of friendly relations that
now exist and to quicken and enlarge the processes of economic
integration between the two neighbours.
`We will welcome and assist the efforts of the Georgian authorities to
reopen the Georgian-Abkhaz railway. We express our willingness to do
all within our ability to assist the Georgian government in coming up
with constructive solutions to the problems raised by Armenian
citizens of Georgia and their community institutions,' Bagratyan's
platform reads.
From: Baghdasarian
Kristine Aghalaryan
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/23381/of-all-the-candidates-only-hovannisian-mentions-javakhk-in-campaign-platform.html
15:05, February 15, 2013
Of all the candidates now in the race to become the next president of
Armenia, only Raffi Hovannisian has anything to say in his election
platform regarding the Armenian populated region of Javakhk in
Georgia.
Hovannisian, when discussing his goals in foreign affairs, points to
Javakhk in particular, and calls for transforming Armenian relations
with Georgia to the level of a `developing partnership'.
`Bilateral, multi-level cooperation as the path to resolving the
national-civil issues in Javakhk, which serves as a factor in the
national security of Armenia,' Hovannisian's platform reads.
The other candidates, including President Sargsyan, make no mention of
Javakhk in their platforms even though many Javakhk Armenians have
received RA citizenship since 2008 so that they can travel to Russia
for seasonal work.
Readers will remember that at the time of the last presidential
election in 2008, those Javakhk groups supporting Serzh Sargsyan
organized a mass influx of Javakhk Armenians to ensure sufficient
votes for Sargsyan.
It can't be ruled out that they'll do the same this year.
All the candidates, except for Hrant Bagratyan, have avoided any
comment on what their long-term vision is vis-a-vis relations to
Georgia.
Bagratyan says he seeks to raise the level of friendly relations that
now exist and to quicken and enlarge the processes of economic
integration between the two neighbours.
`We will welcome and assist the efforts of the Georgian authorities to
reopen the Georgian-Abkhaz railway. We express our willingness to do
all within our ability to assist the Georgian government in coming up
with constructive solutions to the problems raised by Armenian
citizens of Georgia and their community institutions,' Bagratyan's
platform reads.
From: Baghdasarian