GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VISITS THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
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24.02.2009 16:09
Accompanied by the Head of Staff of the National Assembly of Armenia,
Gegham Gharibjanyan, he President of the Georgian Parliament, David
Bakradze, visited Tsitsernakaberd today, laid a wreath at the memorial
to the Armenian Genocide victims, watered the tree planted by the
President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili in the Memory Alley. The
Georgian Parliament Speaker also visited the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute where Director of the Museum Hayk Demoyan presented
the history of the genocide.
The Chairman of the Georgian Parliament left a note in the Memory
Book: "The right to live is the most sacred among all the rights. We
should remember the history and do everything to avoid reoccurrence
of genocides and ethnic cleansings nowadays."
David Bakradze told reporters that his country’s Parliament will not
discuss the Armenian Genocide issue in the near future. "I think that
from the moral viewpoint the visit of the Georgian delegation to the
Genocide Museum, the impressions we got here, clearly demonstrate our
attitude towards the issue. First of all, it is the responsibility of
politicians not to allow history repeat, to avoid ethnic cleansings and
genocides. It’s a sensitive topic for the Georgian people, as well,"
he said.
According to David Bakradze, in general, the bilateral parliamentary
ties reflect the partnership relations that exist between Armenia
and Georgia. "No doubt, there are still opportunities for further
improvement, and one of the purposes of my visit is to discuss in
which directions our parliaments could cooperate. We are ready to
develop the relations not only on the level of visits," the Georgian
Parliament Speaker noted.