The Messenger, Georgia
Oct 3 2004

President’s press service denies Saakashvili addressed Karabakh issue

Official Tbilisi rejects reports that President Mikheil Saakashvili
made harsh statements about Nogorno-Karabakh in a phone conversation
with the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Erdogan, Prime News reports.
According to the president’s press service, the sides discussed the
necessity of dialogue between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, but
did not mention Nogorno-Karabakh.
The announcement came in response to reports by France Press and the
Turkish agency Anadolus that during the phone conversation Mikheil
Saakashvili stated, “to maintain peace between Armenia and
Azerbaijan, the Karabakh occupation must be stopped.”