I hoʻokahi mahina i hala aku nei, ua haʻi aku ke kuhina o ka ʻĀpana ʻAmenia, ʻo Hon. ʻO Vahan Martirosyan, i hui pū me 6 mau moho ʻē aʻe e hoʻokūkū i ka heihei e koho ʻia i Kakauolelo Nui hou o ka United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
I kēia pule ua haʻalele ʻo Armenia i ke koho ʻana. ʻAʻole hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻia ka haʻalele ʻana o Armenia akā ua kulu ʻia i eTN.
Ua hōʻike nā kumuwaiwai eTN i ka hoʻoholo e huki i hope ma muli o ka hopena o kekahi o nā nīnau e pili ana i ka hana ma waena o ka Pelekikena o Georgia, ʻo Giorgi Margvelashvili, a me nā alakaʻi o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe.
Ua koho ʻo Georgia i kāna ʻelele i kēia manawa i ka UNWTO ma Madrid, Hon. ʻO Zurab Pololikashvili e holo no ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka mākaʻikaʻi honua. Ua hōʻike ka pelekikena o Georgia ʻo Martisoyan i ke kākoʻo nui i ka moho o Georgia. Ua haʻi aku kahi mea i loko eTN: "ʻO ka moho maoli ka pelekikena no Georgia ʻo Giorgi Margvelashvi."
Eia hou, kuhi nā kumuwaiwai eTN i ka haʻalele ʻia ʻana e Armenia ma muli o ia kūkākūkā ʻana a me ka ʻaelike hoʻolulima ma waena o ka Pelekikena o Georgia, a me ka Pelekikena o Armenia, ʻo Serzh Sargsyan, e kōkua i nā pono o ka pilina e pili ʻole ana i ka huakaʻi.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Azerbaijan he hoʻokūkū, ʻōlelo kekahi he ʻenemi o Georgia. Ua hōʻike ka nūpepa Azerbaijan i kēia lā: "I ka hui pū ʻana i ka hakakā no ka pou o ka Luna Nui o UNESCO, ua pale ʻo Azerbaijan i ke komo ʻana i ke koho balota UNWTO Kakauolelo-General a ke lawe nei i ka pilikia e hōʻino i ka pilina me ka World Tourism Organization, ʻoiai he kamaʻāina ʻo Armenia ka manawa e alakaʻi ai.
ke hilinaʻi nei ʻo eTN i kahi kumu i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa i kēia manawa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Joining the fight for the post of UNESCO Director-General, Azerbaijan evaded participation in the election of the UNWTO Secretary-General and is taking a risk to deteriorate relations with the World Tourism Organization, as a citizen of Armenia has a chance to lead it.
- Eia hou, kuhi nā kumuwaiwai eTN i ka haʻalele ʻia ʻana e Armenia ma muli o ia kūkākūkā ʻana a me ka ʻaelike hoʻolulima ma waena o ka Pelekikena o Georgia, a me ka Pelekikena o Armenia, ʻo Serzh Sargsyan, e kōkua i nā pono o ka pilina e pili ʻole ana i ka huakaʻi.
- Vahan Martirosyan, joined 6 other candidates to compete in the race to be elected as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).