TBILISI CENTERS OUT ARMENIANS FOR THE DEFEAT OF AUGUST 2008
Karine Ter-Sahakyan
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.02.2009 GMT+04:00
Armenia’s constant fear to strain relations with Georgia finally
led into a state in which Tbilisi treats the Armenian monuments and
her citizens of Armenian origin the way she likes, being absolutely
certain that Yerevan will not interfere.
Losing the war against South Ossetia and driving the country into a
political crisis, the President of Georgia made up his mind to regain
his lost positions, which he naturally does in an old and tested method
– by oppressing the Armenian population in Georgia. In a wider sense,
there is nothing new going on in Georgia; Armenians have always been
an unwelcome nation in this country and the Georgians follow the
example of Turkey and Azerbaijan in this matter.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Even the conduct is identical: first they speak of
Â"appropriation of others’ historyÂ", then come to false accusations
of spying, and, as a consequence, deportation. Though, it should be
admitted that Saakashvili is not potent enough to execute his plans
even with the support of Â"brotherlyÂ" Azerbaijan. And if we also take
into account Turkey’s present evasion from any abrupt step towards
Armenia, it can be concluded that all the attempts of Saakashvili
to play the Armenian card in his favour are destined to collapse. In
contrast to Ilham Aliyev, the Georgian President has already displayed
all his inability and adventurism in governing a country.
After the scandal over the Church of Norashen, the Georgian authorities
decided to switch to Javakhk, where Armenians are still an ethnic
majority. With the intention to alter the demographic situation in
the region, there started arrests in Akhalkalaki and Akhaltsikhe of
Armenian activists accused of spying in favour of Russia. Nothing new
– in the same way the Young Turks were trying to justify the Armenian
Genocide. Yet, the story repeats itself in two dimensions: once in the
form of a tragedy, the other time in the form of farce. In Georgia,
as usual, we have to deal with farce, which, by the way, is planned
and performed too poorly.
Most recently came the news on selling famous Armenian writer Hovhannes
Toumanian’s residence in Tbilisi. Theoretically, such a move had
been expected for rather long: first, Armenians were deprived of the
House-Museum of Sergey Parajanov, and now – of Â"VernatunÂ". But the
saddest point in all this story is that for the most part of such
events the Armenian Government has its share of fault. Armenia’s
constant fear to strain relations with Georgia finally led into a
state in which Tbilisi treats the Armenian monuments and her citizens
of Armenian origin the way she likes, being absolutely certain that
Official Yerevan will not interfere. Instead of appealing to the
public, though even that is not done, the Armenian authorities had
better care for alternative ways of gas supply into Armenia, at least
through Iran.
But Armenia’s reaction stays within the frames of public discussions
and individual statements. It is rather strange that we should not
yet have heard the clear viewpoint of the RA Diaspora Ministry,
which logically must be engaged in protection of our fellow
citizens. However, this department too contents itself with mere
statements.
Meanwhile, according to ex-coordinator of and current
representative of the political wing of the Alliance "KHETAN" Aram
Arghutyan, the Georgian authorities are presently inciting Armenians
to relevant actions, probably not realizing the severe consequences
it might have. "Latest events obviously revealed that Abkhazia and
South Ossetia did not teach Tbilisi a lesson; probably, three is a
charm, and another conflict is necessary to finally show Georgia
its place in history. Still back in the 19th century Catholicos
of All Armenians Mkrtich I Vanetsi (Khrimyan Hayrik) presented to
people the study on "paper and iron scoops" and explained which
of them is more promising and effective. Armenians employed this
lesson successfully in Karabakh by bringing the armed riot to
independence. Today Georgia has lost connection with reality and it
attempts to leave the pit of devastating defeat and humiliation,
splashing out the stored poison to "unprotected" Armenians in the
region of Samtskhe-Javakhk-Tsalka. Tbilisi selected the way of state
terror, directed against her own citizens, not realizing, that in
that case the opposite side has the right of relevant response too,"
Arghutyan believes.
He also noted that Tbilisi brought very symbolic and framed-up charges
against the arrested Armenian figures – espionage and arrangement
of armed groups. "And this is only the prelude, while the epilogue
will approximately be of the following type: more Armenians will
be detained, "forfeited" storages of weapon and ammunition will be
shown on the Georgian television and it will be announced to the whole
world that the local Armenians spied in favor of Russia, the "eternal
friend" of Georgia, and attempted to destabilize the situation. That
is, Georgian authorities have undertaken an attempt to in that way
deafen the struggle of local Armenians directed to the protection of
their rights, by interpreting it as an order of a third side. Among a
number of questions concerning "big business" with Armenia, Georgia
marked out another important problem for herself. Recently a series
of organizations, groups and individuals have livened up in Yerevan,
who offer their support for the favorable solution of "Armenian
question" in Georgia. The hand of Tbilisi is not long enough to reach
out to Yerevan so that it could silence this sector; therefore it is
necessary for Georgia to make Armenian authorities arrange it. Earlier
in a number of cases Tbilisi successfully used this method, solving
its problems by the hands of the authorities of Armenia," said Aram
Arghutyan. In essence, there is nothing else to add…
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