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Radio Free Europe, Czech Rep
Aug 23 2005
Kocharian in `Informal' Talks With Georgian Leader
President Robert Kocharian was meeting with his visiting Georgian
counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili in a popular Armenian resort on
Monday for talks few details of which were made public.
Sources in the Armenian presidential administration told RFE/RL that
Saakashvili arrived in Yerevan by plane on Sunday and joined
Kocharian at his summer retreat on the shore of Lake Sevan. They said
Saakashvili was later joined by his Defense Minister Irakli
Okruashvili who arrived from Tbilisi by car.
The sources said Kocharian's office did not release any statements
because of the `informal' character of the talks.
The previous meeting of the two leaders took place at a Georgian ski
resort last April. They discussed at the time tensions in Georgia's
Armenian-populated Javakheti region which followed Tbilisi's demands
for the closure of a Russian military base stationed there. According
to a Russian news agency, the situation in Javakheti was high on the
agenda of the Sevan talks as well.
The Armenian and Georgian prime minister paid a joint visit to the
impoverished and restive region late last month, promising joint
efforts to alleviate its socioeconomic problems. The Georgian
premier, Zurab Noghaideli, announced that his government will use
additional U.S. assistance that will be provided to Georgia to
rebuild the local roads and other infrastructure.
Speaking to a group of Armenian journalists last week, Saakashvili
called for the establishment of closer economic times between the two
neighboring countries. `Developing without each other would not be
rational, natural or right,' he said.
Aug 23 2005
Kocharian in `Informal' Talks With Georgian Leader
President Robert Kocharian was meeting with his visiting Georgian
counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili in a popular Armenian resort on
Monday for talks few details of which were made public.
Sources in the Armenian presidential administration told RFE/RL that
Saakashvili arrived in Yerevan by plane on Sunday and joined
Kocharian at his summer retreat on the shore of Lake Sevan. They said
Saakashvili was later joined by his Defense Minister Irakli
Okruashvili who arrived from Tbilisi by car.
The sources said Kocharian's office did not release any statements
because of the `informal' character of the talks.
The previous meeting of the two leaders took place at a Georgian ski
resort last April. They discussed at the time tensions in Georgia's
Armenian-populated Javakheti region which followed Tbilisi's demands
for the closure of a Russian military base stationed there. According
to a Russian news agency, the situation in Javakheti was high on the
agenda of the Sevan talks as well.
The Armenian and Georgian prime minister paid a joint visit to the
impoverished and restive region late last month, promising joint
efforts to alleviate its socioeconomic problems. The Georgian
premier, Zurab Noghaideli, announced that his government will use
additional U.S. assistance that will be provided to Georgia to
rebuild the local roads and other infrastructure.
Speaking to a group of Armenian journalists last week, Saakashvili
called for the establishment of closer economic times between the two
neighboring countries. `Developing without each other would not be
rational, natural or right,' he said.