GEORGIA NEEDS ARMENIA’S SUPPORT IN ISSUE OF ABKHAZIA
AZG Armenian Daily #102, 04/06/2005
Neighbors
Novosti agency informed that Konstantin Gabashvili, chairman of
Committee of External relations at Georgian Parliament, stated that
the Georgian side hopes that Armenia will assist them in talking over
Russia in issue of return of the Georgian refugees to Abkhazia. “If
Armenia joins us in our efforts, using its good relations with Russia,
I think we will be a success. We can convince Russia to begin the
return of the Georgian refugees to Galli and Ochamchi regions as soon
as the Abkhazian rail road opens,” Gabashvili said. Turkey Continues
Studying Kocharian’s Letter
Turkish Daly News informed that Namik Tan, speaker of Turkish Foreign
Ministry, stated that Ankara continues studying the letter of RA
President Robert Kocharian. According to the letter, RA President
suggested to establish natural relations between Armenia and Turkey
without any pre-conditions. Tan emphasized that the Turkish side will
take into account “the positive steps” of Armenia, when evaluating
the letter. The speaker said that the exchange of letters between
Armenia and Turkey gave some hopes for unfolding dialogue between the
two states, but these hopes were lost, when Kocharian touched upon
“the supposed genocide” in his speech at CE Summit in Warsaw.