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ARMENIA AND GEORGIA AGREE TO SHARE STATE SECRETS
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
June 25 2014
25 June 2014 - 5:53pm
Armenia and Georgia agree to share state secrets
Georgy Kalatozishvili, Tbilisi. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza
A secret document on the exchange of state secrets between Georgia
and Armenia was the most visible outcome of last week's visit by
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Tbilisi. The agreement was
highly criticized among the Georgian opposition, who claimed that
Georgia's military secrets would be passed on to Russia via Armenia,
a member of the CSTO.
A former minister of culture, Nika Rurua, expressed his concern that
the secret document would "close Georgia's path to NATO."
The rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Tbilisi, Iosif Tsintsadze,
noted that it was not clear what secret information will be exchanged
according to the document, since there are several levels of security
on any information. He also said that he cannot understand why it
was necessary to conclude such an agreement and called it "nonsense."
Petre Mamradze, the head of the Institute of Government Strategy,
drew attention to the fact that the path to NATO had closed for
Georgia after the military operation of Saakashvili in August 2008. He
recalled that President Obama had recently stated that Georgia will
not be accepted into NATO in the near future.
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
June 25 2014
25 June 2014 - 5:53pm
Armenia and Georgia agree to share state secrets
Georgy Kalatozishvili, Tbilisi. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza
A secret document on the exchange of state secrets between Georgia
and Armenia was the most visible outcome of last week's visit by
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Tbilisi. The agreement was
highly criticized among the Georgian opposition, who claimed that
Georgia's military secrets would be passed on to Russia via Armenia,
a member of the CSTO.
A former minister of culture, Nika Rurua, expressed his concern that
the secret document would "close Georgia's path to NATO."
The rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Tbilisi, Iosif Tsintsadze,
noted that it was not clear what secret information will be exchanged
according to the document, since there are several levels of security
on any information. He also said that he cannot understand why it
was necessary to conclude such an agreement and called it "nonsense."
Petre Mamradze, the head of the Institute of Government Strategy,
drew attention to the fact that the path to NATO had closed for
Georgia after the military operation of Saakashvili in August 2008. He
recalled that President Obama had recently stated that Georgia will
not be accepted into NATO in the near future.