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GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SURPRISED BY ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE'S STATEMENT
tert.am
28.01.13
A statement by the Georgia's Armenian Patriarchate, concerning the
release of "Russian spies from the Georgian prisons", has reportedly
left Mikheil Saakashvili surprised.
According to Georgia Online, the president has considered the
Patriarchate's reaction politicized.
The statement says that certain political and public groups in Georgia
guide themselves by phobias, particularly Armenophobia, in building
their political future. The Georgian president has repeatedly stated
that such approaches are unacceptable.
"The Armenian Patriarchate's statement, concerning [Georgian-Armenian
activist] Vahagn Chakhalyan's release is surprising against this
background. The president has emphasized that Chakhalyan's ethnic
background did not count at all as the case was concerned with the
criminal activities of a Georgian citizen," reads a statement issued
in this connection.
Employees of the Presidential Office have said that Saakashvili has
several times expressed his negative stance on pardon decisions and
especially the release of "Russian spies".
In the statement released after Chakhalyan's release, the Patriarchate
called upon the Georgian leader and his United National Movement
party to refrain from provocative statement against Chakhalyan.
tert.am
28.01.13
A statement by the Georgia's Armenian Patriarchate, concerning the
release of "Russian spies from the Georgian prisons", has reportedly
left Mikheil Saakashvili surprised.
According to Georgia Online, the president has considered the
Patriarchate's reaction politicized.
The statement says that certain political and public groups in Georgia
guide themselves by phobias, particularly Armenophobia, in building
their political future. The Georgian president has repeatedly stated
that such approaches are unacceptable.
"The Armenian Patriarchate's statement, concerning [Georgian-Armenian
activist] Vahagn Chakhalyan's release is surprising against this
background. The president has emphasized that Chakhalyan's ethnic
background did not count at all as the case was concerned with the
criminal activities of a Georgian citizen," reads a statement issued
in this connection.
Employees of the Presidential Office have said that Saakashvili has
several times expressed his negative stance on pardon decisions and
especially the release of "Russian spies".
In the statement released after Chakhalyan's release, the Patriarchate
called upon the Georgian leader and his United National Movement
party to refrain from provocative statement against Chakhalyan.