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    Rustavi-2 TV, Tbilisi, Georgia
    Feb 24 2009


    Armenia won't recognize Georgia's breakaway regions - premier


    [Presenter] Georgian-Armenian relations, the neighbourhood policy and
    the resolution of existing problems were discussed today at the
    Georgian parliament speaker's meetings with Armenian officials in
    Yerevan. Davit Bakradze has already spoken to the country's prime
    minister [Tigran Sargsyan] and parliament speaker [Hovik Abrahamyan].

    Tigran Sargsyan said that Armenia will stake out a neutral position
    when regarding the recognition of [Georgia's] separatist regions. The
    construction of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railway and customs
    issues were also discussed.

    After meeting the prime minister and parliament speaker, Davit
    Bakradze spoke to [Patriarch] Garegin II [head of the Armenian
    Apostolic Church]. He also attended an exhibition of works by [Sergey]
    Parajanov [Georgia-born ethnic Armenian director and
    artist]. Tomorrow, Bakradze will meet the Armenian president [Serzh
    Sargsyan].

    [Bakradze, addressing the Armenian parliament in Georgian] There is no
    hiding the fact that to this day there exist issues between our
    countries that have not been fully resolved - and this is a normal
    phenomenon in relations between two neighbouring countries. I am
    convinced that, despite attempts by certain forces to take advantage
    of these complications in order to promote a lack of understanding
    between us, through constructive dialogue and by applying a consistent
    approach, we will easily resolve all problematic issues. The
    historical ties between our two countries and our common values and
    interests will bring us to a common vision for the resolution of these
    issues that will further strengthen and shore up the existing
    cooperation and friendly relations between our countries.

    [Tigran Sargsyan, interviewed, in Russian with Georgian translation
    superimposed] Armenia's official position regarding South Ossetia and
    Abkhazia is absolutely open and clear: we are maintaining neutrality,
    just as Georgia has declared a neutral position in regard to Nagornyy
    Karabakh.
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