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GEORGIAN PATRIARCH SUCKED INTO AZERI PROPAGANDA
http://asbarez.com/107490/georgian-patriarch-sucked-into-azeri-propaganda/
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Ilya II with Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh
TBILISI~WThe Georgian Patriarch Ilya II, the spiritual leader of
Georgian Orthodox Church was embroiled in controversy when he denied
comments attributed to him by Azeri press sources after a meeting with
the leader of Caucasus Muslim Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh.
During the meeting late last week, the Georgian Patriarch reportedly
spoke about territorial disputes in the South Caucasus, including
the South Ossetian and Abkhazian conflicts in Georgia.
The Azeri news agency ANS quoted Ilya II as saying: ~SI will never
agree with the opinion that we have lost our land. Not at all, we just
temporarily lost control over these territories. But justice prevails.
As Abkhazia and South Ossetia are the traditional lands of Georgia,
Nagorno-Karabakh has belonged and will belong to Azerbaijan.~T
A Georgian Patriarchate spokesman said earlier this week said that the
Azeri media misquoted the Georgian patriarch and the words attributed
to Ilya II were false.
http://asbarez.com/107490/georgian-patriarch-sucked-into-azeri-propaganda/
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Ilya II with Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh
TBILISI~WThe Georgian Patriarch Ilya II, the spiritual leader of
Georgian Orthodox Church was embroiled in controversy when he denied
comments attributed to him by Azeri press sources after a meeting with
the leader of Caucasus Muslim Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh.
During the meeting late last week, the Georgian Patriarch reportedly
spoke about territorial disputes in the South Caucasus, including
the South Ossetian and Abkhazian conflicts in Georgia.
The Azeri news agency ANS quoted Ilya II as saying: ~SI will never
agree with the opinion that we have lost our land. Not at all, we just
temporarily lost control over these territories. But justice prevails.
As Abkhazia and South Ossetia are the traditional lands of Georgia,
Nagorno-Karabakh has belonged and will belong to Azerbaijan.~T
A Georgian Patriarchate spokesman said earlier this week said that the
Azeri media misquoted the Georgian patriarch and the words attributed
to Ilya II were false.