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GEORGIA INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMEMT OF ARMENIAN ECONOMY
TBILISI, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian,
who is on a working visit to Georgia, attended on June 2 the
Armenian church St Gevorg in Tbilisi where he met with members of the
Armenian community. According to the RA government press service,
then a meeting between the RA Prime Minister and the President of
the Georgian parliament Nino Burjanadze took place. Underlining the
importance of the dynamically developing friendly relations between
the two countries, N. Burjanadze welcomed RA Prime Minister whose
visit, according to her, will become yet another stimulus for further
development of the Armenian-Georgian relations. Both sides attached
importance to the partnership and friendly relations between the
Presidents, as well as the heads of the legislative and exxecutive
powers of the two countries, which are considerbly conducive to
their cooperation. At the same time, it was noted that a number of
problems requiring efforts from both sides still exist between the
two countries. N. Burjanadze emphasized that Georgia is interested
in the development, stability and strengthening of the neighboring
Armenia. She said that our region has great prospects and may well
occupy its worthy place in the modern world. Noting the existence
of a number of long-term programs, in particular in the economic
sphere, she underlined the necessity of implementing such joint
programs. Appreciating the work done by the Armenian-Georgian
Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Affairs in
solving the problems related to the economic cooperation, the sides
considered it important to increase the role of interparliamentary
relations in the further development of bilateral relations in various
fileds. As regards the social and economic problems of Javakhk,
N. Burjanadze said that the previous government completely failed
to solve them, and new approaches have been adopted. She noted that
the social and economic situation is indeed difficult in Javakhk,
and there are numerous problems, which she dis! cussed with the
local authorities and population. She stressed that she takes such
actions not to demonstrate that someting is done in that region but
because she is indeed concerned about the well-being of the Georgian
citizens. In connection with the transport problems, in particular
the restoration of the Abkhazian sector of the railway, N. Burjanadze
noted some progess made - if previoulsy the solution of the problem
was directly connected to the conflict, now the approach has been
essentially changed and the Georgian authorities are in favor of
carrying out these activities in parallel. She considered the prospect
of exporting the Iranian gas to European countries through Armenia and
Georgia to be interesting and mutually beneficial. N. Burjanadze also
stressed the need for active work to solve the problem of demarcation
of the border lines of the state frontier. In response to this, RA
Prime Minister noted that he has decided with his Georgian counterpart
to hold a meeting of the commission that deals with this problem in
Novemeber for the purpose of a more detailed discussion. The sides
addressed the issue of regulating the activities of the Georgian
diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in connection with which RA
Prime Minister said that the issue can be settled within the framework
of the Georgian legislation provided the sides make concerted efforts.
TBILISI, JUNE 3, NOYAN TAPAN. RA Prime Minister Andranik Margarian,
who is on a working visit to Georgia, attended on June 2 the
Armenian church St Gevorg in Tbilisi where he met with members of the
Armenian community. According to the RA government press service,
then a meeting between the RA Prime Minister and the President of
the Georgian parliament Nino Burjanadze took place. Underlining the
importance of the dynamically developing friendly relations between
the two countries, N. Burjanadze welcomed RA Prime Minister whose
visit, according to her, will become yet another stimulus for further
development of the Armenian-Georgian relations. Both sides attached
importance to the partnership and friendly relations between the
Presidents, as well as the heads of the legislative and exxecutive
powers of the two countries, which are considerbly conducive to
their cooperation. At the same time, it was noted that a number of
problems requiring efforts from both sides still exist between the
two countries. N. Burjanadze emphasized that Georgia is interested
in the development, stability and strengthening of the neighboring
Armenia. She said that our region has great prospects and may well
occupy its worthy place in the modern world. Noting the existence
of a number of long-term programs, in particular in the economic
sphere, she underlined the necessity of implementing such joint
programs. Appreciating the work done by the Armenian-Georgian
Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Affairs in
solving the problems related to the economic cooperation, the sides
considered it important to increase the role of interparliamentary
relations in the further development of bilateral relations in various
fileds. As regards the social and economic problems of Javakhk,
N. Burjanadze said that the previous government completely failed
to solve them, and new approaches have been adopted. She noted that
the social and economic situation is indeed difficult in Javakhk,
and there are numerous problems, which she dis! cussed with the
local authorities and population. She stressed that she takes such
actions not to demonstrate that someting is done in that region but
because she is indeed concerned about the well-being of the Georgian
citizens. In connection with the transport problems, in particular
the restoration of the Abkhazian sector of the railway, N. Burjanadze
noted some progess made - if previoulsy the solution of the problem
was directly connected to the conflict, now the approach has been
essentially changed and the Georgian authorities are in favor of
carrying out these activities in parallel. She considered the prospect
of exporting the Iranian gas to European countries through Armenia and
Georgia to be interesting and mutually beneficial. N. Burjanadze also
stressed the need for active work to solve the problem of demarcation
of the border lines of the state frontier. In response to this, RA
Prime Minister noted that he has decided with his Georgian counterpart
to hold a meeting of the commission that deals with this problem in
Novemeber for the purpose of a more detailed discussion. The sides
addressed the issue of regulating the activities of the Georgian
diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in connection with which RA
Prime Minister said that the issue can be settled within the framework
of the Georgian legislation provided the sides make concerted efforts.