S. OHANIAN: “ARMENIA IS NOT MILITARY PLATFORM FOR GEORGIA”
Today the Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan received Ambassador of Georgia Revaz Gachechiladze. In the beginning of the meeting the Defense Minister expressed his concern over the murders of the recent events who were not guilty in those activities, reported the press secretary of the Defense Ministry Seyran Shahsuvaryan.
According to the press secretary, the officials talked about the 3rd and 4th rounds of “Rubej 2008” which should be conducted in Armenia in the frames of CSTO in 18-22 August. Georgia has an observer mission in these military exercises.
R. Gachechiladze has mentioned that the rumors spread by the Georgian and Azerbaijani mass media stating that Georgia has been attacked by Russian military airplanes established in Armenia are not the truth. The Defense Minister of Armenia said that Armenia will not be used as a military platform against Georgia.