GEORGIAN PRESIDENT TO PERSONALLY TACKLE THE ISSUE OF ARMENIAN CHURCH NORASHEN

ArmInfo
2008-12-09 19:21:00

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Georgian President
Mikheil Saakashvili met in Tbilisi.

ArmInfo special correspondent reported that the meeting covered a
wide range of issues including the one about the Armenian church
Norashen. The Georgian president said that he intends to personally
tackle this issue. To recall, the Armenian prime minister is in
Georgia on a one-day visit.

On November 16 an attempt was made in the Georgian capital to
desecrate two graves of famous Armenian philanthropists of Tbilisi,
representatives of the Tamamshyan family, buried over a hundred years
ago near the local Armenian church Norashen. Georgian workers moved
aside the stones by means of excavators "to clear the ground under the
tombstones and around them". The work was headed by a representative
of Georgian patriarchy, Father Tariel Sikinchelashvili, who took
this step, as he said, "under his personal program on improving the
territory adjoining the Armenian church".