Georgian leader urges Armenia to avert protests in border district – paper
Iravunk, Yerevan
28 Apr 06
Text of unattributed report by Armenian newspaper Iravunk on 28 April
headlined “Robert Sedrakovich, stop the provocation”
According to our source in the presidential administration, Georgian
President Mikheil Saakashvili has phoned [Armenian President] Robert
Kocharyan and called on him to use his influence to stop protest
actions by Armenians of Javakheti [Georgia’s Armenian-populated
region].
During the conversation, Saakashvili said that Moscow is preparing a
provocation in connection with the withdrawal of its military base: on
the one hand, it is demanding that Georgia take measures that will
guarantee a quick and safe withdrawal of the base, and on the other,
it provokes the Armenians of Javakheti into hindering the withdrawal
of the base in order to cause Armenian-Georgian clashes and tensions
in Armenian-Georgian relations in the end.
According to our source, the Georgian president expressed his
readiness to guarantee that no force will be used against participants
in rallies in Javakheti for some time if Armenia takes actual steps to
stop these actions.