EXAGGERATION A LIE OF WELL-BRED PEOPLE

Panorama.am
15:25 21/12/2007

Mrs. Yelena Tevdoradze, deputy of Georgia parliament and member
of PACE monitoring committee, made a statement at TV Company "Mze"
that the Armenian party has required reconsideration of territorial
conflicts in Georgia in the PACE winter session. She said Armenia
also demanded the presence of de-fact presidents of Abkhazia and South
Ossetia Sergei Bagamsha and Eduard Kokoiti during such discussions.

In this relation, David Harutunyan, PACE delegation head and member
of monitoring committee said: "First, the Armenian delegation did not
propose any suggestion at PACE winter session in Paris relating to
territorial conflicts in Georgia. In fact, PACE monitoring committee
held a session in Paris and one of the agenda issues was the
continuation of the committee’s activities in relation to "frozen"
conflicts, taking into consideration the positive assessment given
to the committee members in Berlin Conference in 2007. Particularly,
the issue on organization of regular hearings was discussed dedicated
to the progress in peace settlement of Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhaz and
South Ossetian conflicts.

Secondly, the draft document prepared by the secretary of the
committee, there was a point saying the committee may consider the
expediency of attracting representatives of parties interested in
peace settlement, including representatives of civil society. The
Armenian party supported that approach approving the expediency of
inviting conflicting parties to the hearings and expressed assurance
that their participation in such hearings will serve the effectiveness
of the dialogue and creation of atmosphere of trust as well as mutual
understanding.

To my regret and amazement, the approaches mentioned by me were
changed and distorted up to the level of being unrecognized by
Mrs. Tevdoradze. I believe such a distortion is out of constructive
realm and does not comply with the spirit of friendly relations
between our countries."