HARUTYUNIAN DIDN’T TRY TO BLOW UP BUSH

He Wanted to Undermine Georgia’s Authority

Azg/arm
23 July 05

Georgian President stated that 27-year-old Vladimir Harutyunian didn’t
try to explode the two presidents, he just wanted to undermine
Georgia’s authority and international popularity. The Georgian TV
broadcasted a videotape that showed how Vladimir Harutyunian pleaded
guilty in the attempt to kill US President Bush in Tbilisi, on May
10. “I threw the grenade on Bush. Go and be better servants for
him. May be he will award you a medal,” Vladimir Harutyunian, said.

Zurab Adeishvili, Georgian general public prosecutor, said after the
meeting with his Armenian counterpart Aghvan Hovsepian, that “the
defendant is a Georgian citizen, the incident took place in
Tbilisi. Thus, it doesn’t concern Armenia at all. We are looking for
all the required information and proofs in Georgia.”

Seyran Shahsuvarian, speaker of RA Defence Ministry, denied in the
interview to Radio Liberty that the grenade thrown at Bush and
Saakashvili was made in Armenia. Shahsuvarian said the grenade
couldn’t be made in Armenia, as at present, Armenia doesn’t produce
any grenades.