GEORGIAN PRESIDENT REFUTED INFORMATION THAT ROBERT KOCHARIAN MET WITH
HIM BY VLADIMIR PUTIN’S ORDER

04.04.2005 06:15

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili refuted
the information that Armenian leader Robert Kocharian met with
him by order of Vladimir Putin, IA Regnum reports. “Armenia is an
independent state with its own interests”, he stressed in his interview
with Rustavi-2 TV company. “Armenia is our neighbor, her President
and the political elite show friendly attitude towards Georgia. Our
attitude is the same. It will be extremely difficult for us to achieve
progress within the country of beyond its borders without each other’s
assistance. It is natural”, he added. When commenting on Armenian
President’s unexpected visit to Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili said,
“If a neighbor wants to drop in for a cup of tea he does not have to
call and warn of his visit 2 weeks earlier. We can visit each other
without warning when there is something to talk about.” At that the
Georgian President underscored, “We will always have a subject for
conversation with Armenia and Azerbaijan. We are mutually dependent
and tied, we have a lot of common problems and one should be silly
to refuse contacts of the kind.”