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Georgia has taken no decision on opening of the Abkhaz railroad section, MP says
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Saturday, September 7, 13:47
ArmInfo-Black Sea Press. The issue of opening of the Abkhaz railway
section has been discussed in Georgia, but the Government has made no
such a decision, parliamentarian Viktor Dolidze told Imedi TV company
on September 6.
Earlier on Friday Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council
Artur Baghdasaryan said that Georgia, like the de facto authorities of
Abkhazia, had given its consent to the opening of the Abkhaz railway
section. He said that the issue, which is of strategic importance to
Armenia's economy, had been discussed during the Sept 3 meeting of
Armenian and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin.
"I do not know in what context Mr. Baghdasaryan said this. I am aware
that they are thinking of economic projects and development of the
railway facilities in Abkhazia, but you know that such a decision is
out of question. It's one thing to consider and discuss the issue, and
it is another thing to make such a decision at the governmental level.
There is no such a decision", Dolidze said.
At the spring session of PACE on April 23, Georgian Prime Minister
Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the Abkhaz railway section would open in
the long-term outlook but this would happen with due regard for
Georgia's interests.
by Alexandr Avanesov
ARMINFO
Saturday, September 7, 13:47
ArmInfo-Black Sea Press. The issue of opening of the Abkhaz railway
section has been discussed in Georgia, but the Government has made no
such a decision, parliamentarian Viktor Dolidze told Imedi TV company
on September 6.
Earlier on Friday Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council
Artur Baghdasaryan said that Georgia, like the de facto authorities of
Abkhazia, had given its consent to the opening of the Abkhaz railway
section. He said that the issue, which is of strategic importance to
Armenia's economy, had been discussed during the Sept 3 meeting of
Armenian and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin.
"I do not know in what context Mr. Baghdasaryan said this. I am aware
that they are thinking of economic projects and development of the
railway facilities in Abkhazia, but you know that such a decision is
out of question. It's one thing to consider and discuss the issue, and
it is another thing to make such a decision at the governmental level.
There is no such a decision", Dolidze said.
At the spring session of PACE on April 23, Georgian Prime Minister
Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the Abkhaz railway section would open in
the long-term outlook but this would happen with due regard for
Georgia's interests.