ARF MEMBERS VOICE THEIR CONCERN OVER GEORGIAN NEWSPAPER’S PUBLICATION
TO GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
YEREVAN, MARCH 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian Revolutionary Revolution
(ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia representative Armen Rustamian
and National Assembly’s ARF faction leader Levon Mkrtchian met
on Tuesday with Revaz Gochechiladze, the Georgian Ambassador to
Armenia, ARF press service reported. The ARF members voiced their
concern over the statements by Georgi Gachechiladze, purportedly an
advisor to the Georgian president, regarding the Javakhk Armenians,
the Armenian Genocide, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation; he
had made the statements in an interview with the Georgian newspaper
Rao-Rao. The ARF representatives reiterated the party’s position
to assist the Georgian authorities in resolving the socio-economic,
educational and political issues of the Javakhk Armenians. They also
expressed their concerns regarding the attempts of turning the Armenian
churches in Georgia into Georgian ones. Ambassador Gochechiladze noted
that Georgi Gachechiladze’s statements do not represent those of the
Georgian government and are partly a result of his being uninformed.
The ambassador also mentioned that he had already passed on the ARF
views and worries to Tbilisi. According to the ARF Press Service,
the ARF members also conveyed their party’s willingness to boost the
relations with the Georgian party and political circles; the ambassador
promised to assist in this regard. The meeting, initiated by the ARF,
lasted about one hour.