The FINANCIAL — According to Civil Georgia, Nino Burjanadze, the Georgian Parliamentary Chairperson, expressed hope on March 3, that Armenia would overcome the current crisis in a shortest period of time.
“It was very hard to see developments [in Yerevan]. I will say it sincerely that the Lord and concrete steps undertaken in Georgia have saved us from something similar [last November],” Burjanadze said. “I want to wish the Armenian people and the authorities to overcome the crisis as soon as possible.”
President Saakashvili held a phone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian on March 2. “The Georgian leader expressed his support towards the Armenian people and the Armenian authorities,” the Armenian President’s press office said.
Meanwhile, the opposition Republican Party issued a statement condemning, what it called, violence against peaceful protesters. “The Armenian authorities have chosen the way of suppressing protests without exhausting a resource of dialogue with the part of the society, which questioned the official results of presidential results,” it said.
On March 2 a small group of civil society representatives and Armenian community in Georgia held a protest rally outside the Armenian embassy in Tbilisi condemning break up of demonstration in Yerevan.
The Armenian official reports say eight people were killed and dozens injured as a result of clashes on March 1 between the government forces and demonstrators protesting against the February 19 presidential election results.
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