ARMENIANS OF GEORGIA INDIGNANT ABOUT GEORGIAN DEPUTY'S PROVOCATIVE STATEMENTSAugust 9, 2003 - 00:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian community of Tbilisi spoke with an open letter, expressing " deep indignation about the statements of Georgian parliament member, Renaissance faction representative Sandro Bregvadze. As reported by Arminfo agency according to Black Sea Press, in his interview to one of the Georgian TV channels Bregvadze spoke about "the US Armenian lobby's false programs for committing a coup in Georgia bringing to power the native Armenians there". Bregvadze's statement not to permit Armenians living in the Georgian territory to participate in the presidential election also aroused the discontent of the Armenian community. "Let us note, that the Armenian community, wherever it resided, has always contributed to the state organization of the country. Proceeding from this fact, the statements of the Renaissance representative are at least improbable", - the letter runs. It as well reports that that the Armenian residents of Georgia are the part of the society with the corresponding constitutional rights and responsibilities. The authors of the letter expressed hope that the present theme will no more appear the subject of the pre-electoral political discussions. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |