GEORGIANS CONSIDER RUSSIA, BELARUS AND ARMENIA THEIR ENEMIES
By Aghavni Harutyunian
AZG Armenian Daily
29/03/2006
The Russian Federation is the most hostile country to
Georgia. According to Gazeta SNG online publication, this was revealed
as a result of a public poll carried out by “Kviris Palitra” Georgian
newspaper. 94,4 % of respondents state that Russia is the main enemy
of Georgia. 33,7% of them thinks that Belarus is also one of their
enemies. According to 28,1% of Georgian citizens, Armenia occupied
the third place in the list of the enemies. The list also includes
Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan and Iraq.
Certainly the tense Russian-Georgia and Georgian-Belarus relations
could shape such public opinion. As for the mutual statements of
friendship and fraternity made by the Armenian and Georgian statesmen,
they lose value in the context of this public poll’s results.
It’s noteworthy that recently a printing misunderstanding of a public
poll’s results held in Georgia roused indignation and criticism. The
public poll referred to the issues of the national minorities. Thus,
according to the preliminary data, the majority of the Georgians were
for the return of the national minorities to their homelands. This
was a disinformation. But what can we say in the case of this public
poll. Even the supposition that Armenia and Georgia have good relations
at personal level can be easily denied by the results of the recent
public poll.