Scandal, which is not spread the State Chancellery.

Newspaper `Akhali Taoba’
March 29, 2005

Why did the President Saakashvili’s Press officer apologize to
`Dashnakcutiun’?

Scandal, in the Press centre of President of Georgia, Michael
Saakashvili, is expected.The process is growing against the background
of confrontation between the Press Centre and the Advisor of
President.

This case was led to the present stage, as the advisors of President
Michael Saakashvili, political scientists Gogi Gachechiladze and Igor
Kveselava gave their views concerning the Armenian Genocide on the
territory of Turkey and the present situation in Javakheti region,
after what the offended Armenian Party `Dashnakcutiun’ made a
statement, accusing the adviser of president in awareness. That’s
strange that after that the Press Office of President apologizes to
`Dashnakcutiun’.To make the reason of scandal clear first of all we
introduce to you the comments made by the advisors of President.

Gogi Gachechiladze, political scientist, advisor of President:

-and what concerning this tragedy fact, as the Armenian genocide is, I
want to say, that there is truth in everybody’s life in which a man
doesn’t want to believe, because it’s unpleasant. In this tragedy the
hand of Russian Empire got involved and if the Armenian party
`Dashnakcutiun”s representatives don’t know that the peripetea of the
tragedy is too big and the negative role of Russian in provocation of
genocide, that’s their problem. And what about the statement made by
`Dashnakcutiun’, that they will always try defense the rights of
Armenian population in `Javakhk’ I remind that one of the oldest parts
of Georgia is called Javakheti and not `Javakhk’.

Igor Kveselava, political scientist, advisor of President:

I’m sure that in Armenian’s misfortune was involved another interested
government. It can’t be that this tragedy is related only with Turkey.
There is no difference in anti-georgian ideas between Migranyan and
`Dashnaks’. They should once and for all understand that there is no
`Javakhk’ in nature `that’s Javakheti and what claims can stake
Armenians to Georgia, that’s unclear to me’

Because of such opinion expressed by the advisor of President
concerning the Armenian tragedy, the Press Centre of `Dashnakcutiun’
by means of internet spreads such information, where it is said that:

Adviser’s lack of education doesn’t give us right to ignore the real
problems in Javakhk. ‘ Dashnakcutiun’ is ready to help the Georgian
government in defense the political and social rights of Armenian
population in Javakhk, and also in solving their social-economic
problems in case Georgian government intends to take such steps.

At that time the Press Centre of President unexpectedly states its
position in this way:

Giorgi Gachechiladze is not President’s advisor in the International
issues.

The Administration of the President of Georgia doesn’t share G.
Gachechiladze’s opinion concerning this issue. The friendly relations
between Georgia and Armenia are very important for us. We are sure
that no provocative statement or act will ever strain the
centuries-old relation with the brotherly Armenian population.

The apologies presented from the side of the Press Office of the
president to the separatist Dashnaks are not defensible. As a result
what do we have – in the person of G. Gachechiladze, the President has
taken on a provocateur?

G. Gachechiladze didn’t come across with the President
accidentally. He was one of those intelligents, who beforehand from
the Opera House declared that Michael Saakashvili deserves to be a
President. So, what does the Press Office of the President have to
apologize for? It is well known that one of the advisors of President
of Russia Vladimir Putin in the economic issues sharply criticizes his
president, but the President’s Press Office doesn’t spread the
information that the advisor President is a provocateur.

And what about the Council of Advisers of Saakashvili (consisting of
four person) ` they defense the President’s political course, and
naturally, there is no time for criticism. And it would be out of
place to speak about their provocative acts. While the external
enemies of M. Saakashvili accuse him in alliance with Armenian Lobby,
at the same time the Press office of President, encouraging Armenian
`Dashnaks’ declares that the President in the persons of Advisers in
Foreign Issues has provocateurs, how do we call it: a mistake, a
misunderstanding, indifference, improvidence or¦?That’s also unclear
why do the President’s Press office pays attention to protest made by
one of Armenian parties?

Their position is not the position of President Kocharyan and the
whole Armenia, isn’t it?So, what do we deal with? Information
concerning the text of the statement made by the president’s Press
Office which wasn’t have been approved by the president itself already
leaked out in the State Chancellery. And in the end, we contacted Soso
Tsintsadze, the Chairman of the Council of Advisers of Saakashvili,
who didn’t wish to answer the questions concerning the mentioned above
issue; he only said that we should be more careful in such issues.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress