APPEAL TO PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA
Azg/arm
19 Feb 05
On Feb. 17, Javakhk NGO handed daily Azg its appeal to President
Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia. The NGOâ~@~Ys appeal reads: “Recently,
Georgian tombstones appeared in the churchyard of Surb Astvatsatsin
Armenian church in Tbilisi. A Georgian clergyman threatened the
Armenian priests saying, â~@~Xgo and pray in Armenia. This is our
church from now onâ~@~Y. We are sure that people who behave like the
Georgian priest cast a shadow on the history. Therefore such a deed
should be condemned from both sides”.
A caring attitude towards untold Armenian monuments would be more
proper for Georgia as it heads for democracy. The authors of the
appeal ask to take appropriate measures to remove causes that make
people vandalize Armenian monuments, especially churches.
Hopefully the appeal will not remain a voice in the wilderness.
By Marietta Makarian
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