A secret document on the exchange of state secrets between Georgia and Armenia was the most visible outcome of last week's visit by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Tbilisi. The agreement was highly criticized among the Georgian opposition, who claimed that Georgia's military secrets would be passed on to Russia via Armenia, a member of the CSTO.

A former minister of culture, Nika Rurua, expressed his concern that the secret document would "close Georgia's path to NATO." 
The rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Tbilisi, Iosif Tsintsadze, noted that it was not clear what secret information will be exchanged according to the document, since there are several levels of security on any information. He also said that he cannot understand why it was necessary to conclude such an agreement and called it "nonsense."

Petre Mamradze, the head of the Institute of Government Strategy, drew attention to the fact that the path to NATO had closed for Georgia after the military operation of Saakashvili in August 2008. He recalled that President Obama had recently stated that Georgia will not be accepted into NATO in the near future.

Info: vestikavkaza.ru.