  KARS AGREEMENT MANIPULATED BY TURKS AND RUSSIANSAnkara and Moscow believe that the agreements concluded in 1921 give them the right to interfere in the affairs of Georgia and even to base their troops in Adzharia. The anniversary of the Moscow agreement that stipulated illegal annexation of a significant part of the territories of Western Armenia by Turkey was marked on March 16 in Armenia. Several months later clauses of the agreement were repeated in the famous Kars agreement. These documents were very unpleasant for Georgia as they led to establishment of an artificial state structure within the Georgian SSR called Adzharian autonomy. Not only Yerevan but also Tbilisi suffer the consequences of the Soviet-Turkish conspiracy. The necessity to fight against manipulations of the shameful agreements obliges Armenia and Georgia to become allies.  March 18, 2004PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenians always believed that the Moscow and Kars agreements concluded with violation of norms of international law should be denounced. Yerevan expects appropriate initiative from Moscow. However, on Monday the representative of the Russian Institute of CIS countries, political scientist Mikhail Alexandrov said that Moscow had to remind the official Tbilisi about the agreements defining the status of Adzharia. Moscow and Kars agreements suppose that Russia and Turkey be the warrantors of the Adzharian autonomy. He suggests using this as an ''international-legal key factor'' for making pressure on Mikhail Saakashvili. ''Adzharia's autonomy was not given by Georgia,'' Aleksandrov says. But by whom? He does not answer this question. He considers the lawful will of the official Tbilisi to restore the control over Batumi as an attempt to liquidate the autonomy and urges the Russian Foreign Ministry to interfere in the internal affairs of the neighboring country taking advantage of its status of warrantor. Moreover, he states that Moscow and Kars agreements give Adzaria the possibility to separate from Georgia. ''No agreement - no autonomy. Consequently, Abashidze has the right to proclaim independence,'' he says in fact backing the idea of separatism. The subject started in Moscow continued in Ankara. Turkish authorities hinted at the possibility of basing their troops on the territory of Adzharia. And they quote always the same agreements. This is a proof that documents signed in 1921 in Kars and Moscow continue to play an extremely negative role and may become a cover for a new Turkish intervention. The outside forces may always find an occasion for destabilization of the situation in the region. If the world community wants to have a peaceful Caucasus, it has to do its best to achieve the denouncement of the illegal agreements concluded behind Armenians and Georgians by Vladimir Lenin and Mustafa Kemal.  Most popular in the section Who is who in the web of so many Sargsyans Controversy in quotations There will be no ideal solution Split of opposition votes    At focus More articles in this section6 simple facts about Armenia–Karabakh–Azerbaijan triangle  Everything you need to knowMain arguments of Armenia’s first President Next Karabakh proposals will be even worseBizarre election promises Church taxation and restoration of monasteries in Western Armenia |  Other articles Latest news Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country.Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |
