ARMENIA SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED A RECONCILING HAND TO RUSSIA AND GEORGIA
TRYING TO WEAKEN SHARPNESS OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THEM, ARAM MANUKIAN
CONSIDERS
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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia should adopt a very cautious
position in the issue of Russian-Georgian conflict. Aram Manukian, a
member of the Board of the Armenian National Movement party, gave
assurance in his interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent.
Today the extent of tension between Russia and Georgia is very high and
according to A. Manukian, in this circumstance any uncautious
expression by Armenian officials or diplomats can result in one of the
sides forming an impression of demarch. While the Armenian authorities,
as he evaluated it, did not show a balanced approach to their Russian
and Georgian colleagues, "at first they condoled with one side, then
they saw that doing so is wrong and also condoled with the second one."
A. Manukian considers that Armenians should have extended a reconciling
hand to both conflict sides, should have expressed assistance and
support to weaken sharpness of conflict between them. And the RA
authorities, according to him, today "are suppressed by Russian dictate
and fail to have a free position."