THE EMBASSY OF GEORGIA IN ARMENIA REGRETS FOR THE INCIDENT O

THE EMBASSY OF GEORGIA IN ARMENIA REGRETS FOR THE INCIDENT ON ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER.
14.06.2000 18.12
14.06.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The Georgian side sincerely regrets for the incident which took place on June 12-13 on Armenian-Georgian border", reported in the interview to MEDIAMAX the counselor of the ambassador of Georgia to Armenia Zurab Alexidze.
The Georgian diplomat declared that "such an isolated incident could have happened on the border of Georgia with any other country" and appealed not to attach ethnic and political tinge to the conflict.
We will remind you that on June 12 a squabble took place between a group of Armenians, residents of Akhalkalaki, leaving for Georgia from Armenia, and the workers of the frontier point near the Nimotsminda region, during which one of the frontier guards hit a 70-year-old Armenian woman. The squabble came to a fight between the local Armenian population and the workers of the frontier point. According to the reports of the Georgian sources, matters took such a turn that the locals set fire to the building of the frontier point.
The incident developed on June 13. The Armenian population gathered at the building of administration of Akhalkalaki region, demanding that numerous services acting on border between Georgia and Armenia should be cut. -0-