Bidzina Ivanishvili’s explanations regarding his statement about Armenians of Georgia are very important, representative of the community Alexander Ohanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“We do not know whether it was an original statement or simply an explanation made after it,” he said adding that explanation published on Ivanishvili’s official website is an important move.

Earlier, in an interview with the Russian The News Times newspaper Ivanishvili said the following: “We, Georgians are so strange - we are tied to the land. It is our character. For instance, Armenians live here, too. I am bewildered, their home is near but they live here [Goergia].”   

Commenting on publication, Ivanishvili said it was misinterpreted by the journalist. “All the citizens have equal rights regardless of his/her ethnic background,” he said.