GEORGIA’S SAAKASHVILI IN ‘PRIVATE’ TALKS WITH KOCHARIAN
By Karine Kalantarian
Radio Liberty, Czech Rep.
March 22 2007
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili arrived in Armenia Thursday
on what President Robert Kocharian’s office described as a "private"
visit initiated by the Armenian side.
Kocharian’s press secretary, Victor Soghomonian, told RFE/RL that the
two leaders were meeting in the Armenian ski resort of Tsaghkadzor
in the afternoon and will stay there until Friday. He declined to
disclose the agenda or any other details of the talks.
Soghomonian was quoted by a Georgian news agency as saying Saakashvili
and Kocharian will "rest together and ski" in Tsaghkadzor. They had
met in similar circumstances in the Georgian ski resort of Gudauri
about two years ago.
Saakashvili’s previous trip to Armenia, which took place in August
2005, also had an informal character. He spent two days with Kocharian
at the latter’s summer retreat on the shore of Lake Sevan.