ARMENIAN SIDE EXPRESSES DISAGREEMENT
Hayots Ashkharh Daily
20 Dec 2008
Armenia
The Georgian authorities continue the talks and have promised to
provide a solution to the problem of the six Armenian churches which
are considered "disputable" and are not under the jurisdiction of
the Georgian-Armenian diocese.
According to Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, primate of the
Georgian-Armenian diocese, the Armenian side has clearly expressed
its approach, saying that it is against the idea of forming a
commission which will deal with the problem of the six Armenian
churches (Norashen, Sourb Nshan, Shamkhoretsots St. Astvatsatsin,
St. Gevorg of Moughni and St. Minas churches in Tbilisi and St. Nshan
church of Akhalskhe)
Those are Armenian churches, and the evidence is the Armenian
records. So those churches cannot be subject to dispute. The Armenian
side can only discuss the issue of the more than 20 Armenian Churches
which have become Georgianized. Seven of them are situated in Tbilisi.