Civil Georgia, Georgia
March 11 2009
Yerevan Upset over Saakashvili’s Armenia Remarks
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 11 Mar.’09 / 11:41
President Saakashvili’s statement that Armenia’s `economy has crashed
completely’ is `groundless’ and not in the line with `political
correctness,’ Samvel Farmanyan, a spokesman for the Armenian
President, said on March 10.
`Description provided by the President of Georgia of the Armenia’s
economy during opening of an amusement center is groundless. I do not
think that making such descriptions is the best option for distracting
the attention of his own people from numerous problems existing in
Georgia,’ Yerevan-based Novosti Armenia news agency quoted Farmanyan’s
statement.
He said that Armenian President had been asked number of times to
comment on economic situation in neighboring states, but he had never
made remarks on these problems `regardless of how attractive’ that
could have been.
`He always leaves such type of comments up to analysts and political
figures of the respective countries. Political correctness requires
it,’ Farmanyan added.
President Saakashvili said on March 7: `You know that the Armenia’s
economy has crashed completely; why? Because Armenia has been totally
depended on the Russian market; the Russian market has collapsed and
the Armenia’s economy has collapsed too. We are in the region where
economies are experiencing difficulties; but Georgia will sustain,
Georgia will survive even in the light of difficulties, in case of
political stable situation,’ he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
