SAAKASHVILI PROMISES TO ADDRESS NORASHEN PROBLEM

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.12.2008 15:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili assured
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan that he will address the
problem of Norashen Armenian Church in Tbilisi.

"This is a matter of principle for us. I requested the Georgian
President to interfere and he promised to personally address the
problem," the Armenian PM told reporters on Tuesday.

Encroachments on Norashen Armenian Church started in 1994.

The latest incident took place on November 16, 2008, when Georgian
monk Tariel Sikinchelashvili instructed workers to raze to the ground
the graves of Mikhail and Lidia Tamamshevs.

This barbarian act outraged Armenians, who demanded to let the graves
in their place.

Upon arrival of representatives of the Armenian Apostolic Church and
parliament member Van Bayburt, the Georgian monk said he just wanted
to replace the gravestones to "clean under them."