SAAKASHVILI MISTAKEN TO INCLUDE GAREJI MONASTERY IN TERRITORY OF GEORGIA
By Aghavni Haroutiunian

AZG Armenian Daily
17/05/2007

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili informed that the issue of
the Davit Gareji monastery located on the Georgian-Azeri border was
settled. In particular, he said that an agreement was achieved in the
course of his meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliev. The sides
agreed to leave the strategic territory of the monastery’s hill in
the territory of Azerbaijan, while the very monastery will remain to
the Georgian side.

Azeri "Day.az" agency, referring to its own sources, accused the
Georgian president in misleading the society. According to "Day.az,"
Saakashvili’s statement does not correspond with reality, as Azeri
Deputy Foreign Minister Khalef Khalefov said that the Gareji monastery
complex can’t be passed to the other side. The issue of the monastery
will be discussed in the course of the sitting of a relevant commission
in end May.