Monday, February 27 2017 16:34

ArmInfo.Georgian Parliament factions are not happy about the agreement to open communications alternating Upper Lars, this was stated during the recent visit of  the Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan to Georgia.  

In particular, the Georgian politicians fear that Abkhaz Railway is  the "alternate road". According to them, the functioning of the  Abkhaz Railway is contrary to the political interests of the state.

Thus, the "National Movement" Party considers that the restoration of  the railway will endanger the policy of denial of the occupied  regions of  Abkhazia and South Ossetia. "As soon as we start dealing  with the separatists, and give them legitimacy, even if this  agreement through the Abkhazian section, and it is possible that this  is the case, we will put into question the non-recognition policy,  which at the moment is a major weapon in our hands. This is a  national issue, and it is impossible to decide on the sidelines. This  issue should be dealt at the parliamentary hearings", the party  representative Nika Rurua stated.  

According to representatives of "European Georgia", the government  takes harmful decisions for the state.  "Georgia is the administering  authority, in respect of which there is a great lack of confidence.  There was an impression that it inferiors everything to Russia. This  was well illustrated by the example of determining the gas transit  conditions from Russia to Armenia, the deal was never made public. So  this Georgia's authorities must issue publicly tell the truth, deal  with what we have to do", said Zurab Chiaberishvili.

Meanwhile, the parliament majority in Georgia, despite the official  information stated by the end of Karapetyan's visit, exclude any  negotiations on this subject. "Negotiations and discussions on this  issue are far away. I think, our state has a view right enough to  have all the projects corresponding the security and our political  interests", noted Gia Volski.

The issue of the alternate communication to Upper Lars became topical  after the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Georgia met in Tbilisi. By  the results of the meeting, Karapetyan informed that he had spoken  with his Georgian colleague about an alternate corridor opening but  what is the alternate the Prime Minister did not concretely say.  

To note, in January 2013, the Prime Minister Ivanishvili considered  the Russian-Armenian railway usage resume to be possible, which goes  through Abkhazia. Bedzina Ivanishvili stated then that in case of  agreement between all the sides the railway opening will be possible.