October 27, 2001 - 18:00 AMT
PEOPLE IN AZERBAIJAN WERE INDIGNANT OVER FACT THAT SHEVARNADZE PLACED WREATH ON MEMORIAL OF GENOCIDE VICTIMS
People in Baku are indignant over the fact that Eduard Shevardnadze, the President of Georgia placed a wreath at the memorial of the 1915 genocide victims. "As an experienced politician, he had to realize that this action would cause negative reaction in Azerbaijan and Turkey", is written in 'Ekho" Baku newspaper. "The placement of the wreath is not just a recognition of the imaginary fact of the genocide but a clear challenge", claims the author of the article and comes to a conclusion that ' two pipeline has convinced Shevardnadze that Turkey and Azerbaijan can be ignored"