Georgian Parliamentarians Demand Panjikidze’s Resignation Because Of

GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS DEMAND PANJIKIDZE’S RESIGNATION BECAUSE OF STATEMENT ON NAGORNO KARABAKH ASCRIBED TO HER

15:09, 15 January, 2013

YEREVAN, JANUARY 15, ARMENPRESS. The Georgian parliamentary powers
demand resignation of the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maia
Panjikidze because of the non competent statement made in Lithuania
regarding Nagorno Karabakh issue ascribed to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Georgia. “Armenpress” reports about this citing Georgian
GHN agency.

Representative of political minority Akaki Minashvili stated: “We
shall demand Bidzina Ivanishvili to dismiss Maia Panjikidze within the
shortest period of time.” In his opinion the statements of the
Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs are not competent and her
activity has negative influence on the reputation of Georgia. Among
other things the member of Georgian Parliament noted: “We can recall
the ill-considered statement made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
in Lithuania, which could result in delaying the Georgian Prime
Minister’s visit to Armenia.”

Previously, regarding Maia Panjikidze’s statement made in Lithuania
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia noted that Georgia respects
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, notwithstanding it was not
connected with Nagorno-Karabakh and that despite the attempts of
Azerbaijani Ambassador to connect these two issues together,
Nagorno-Karabakh was not mentioned during the discussion. The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Georgia presented the link to the video of that
meeting. Moreover the video clarified that when answering to the
question of Armenian Ambassador to Lithuania Ara Ayvazyan Georgian
Foreign Minister underscored that each conflict was specific and had
its own way of settlement.