DEFENSE MINISTER SEYRAN OHANIAN MEETS GEORGIA’S AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
Aug 12, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanian met today with Georgia’s ambassador to Armenia, Revaz
Gachechiladze at the latter’s request. The ambassador was accompanied
by Colonel Murtaz Gujejiani, the new military attache of the embassy,
who was introduced to the Armenian minister.

A spokesman for the ministry, Seyran Shahsuvarian, told Armenpress
that the minister conveyed his deep condolences in connection with
death of civilians in the latest developments in Georgia.

The spokesman said the minister and his guests spoke about the 3rd and
4-th stages of the August 18-22 military games Rubezh-2008, to be held
in Armenia within the frameworks of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, in which Georgia is to be represented as an observer.

The ambassador denied Azerbaijani and Georgian media reports claiming
that Georgia was bombed by a fighter that took off from the Russian
military base in Armenia. The minister for his part assured the
ambassador that Armenian territory will never be used as a base for
launching military actions against Georgia. He expressed hope that
ways will be found to settle the conflict in Georgia.