ARMENIA’S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MEETS THE AMBASSADOR OF GEORGIA

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20.11.2008 16:51

President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Hovik
Abrahamyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of Georgia to Armenia Revaz Gachechiladze.

Mr. Abrahamyan highly appreciated the friendly relations between the
two countries, reconfirming the willingness to deepen and develop the
interparliamentary ties. The Parliament Speaker attached importance
to the restart of the activity of the intergovernmental cooperation
commission and invited the President of Georgian Parliament David
Backradze to pay an official visit to Armenia.

The President of the National Assembly expressed his concern over the
recent illegal actions in the courtyard of the St. Norashen Church
in Tbilisi, expressing confidence that the Georgian authorities will
certainly be consistent in punishing the guilty and preventing the
reoccurrence of such actions in the future.

Georgian Ambassador Revaz Gachechiladze congratulated Mr. Abrahamyan
on being elected to the post of President of the National Assembly,
expressing confidence that being an experienced and outstanding
politician, he will realize all his programs and will contribute to the
reinforcement of relations between the two countries and development
of interparliamentary ties. Mr. Gachechiladze conveyed the gratitude
of the Georgian people to the Armenian Parliament Speaker for the
balanced position of Armenia during the August conflict.

Turning to the desecration of the Armenian cemetery in the yard of St.

Norashen Church, the Ambassador informed that he has
conveyed the anxiety of the Armenian side to the Georgian
Government. Mr. Gachechiladze considers that the actions of individuals
should not cast a shadow on the relations between the two countries. He
assured the Armenian Parliament Speaker that his concerns will be
conveyed to the Georgian Government, which will spare no effort to
punish the guilty.