Riot of Javakheti Armenians is “premises for collapse of Georgian state”

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[...] The Georgian parliament intends to discuss this problem soon, and the EU is ready to allocate 2 billion euro for resettlement of the Georgian Meskhetian Turks. Only in Azerbaijan, 45,000 Meskhetian Turks live, and all of them can be resettled to Javakh. The Georgian officials declare that Armenians are alien people. According to Georgians, presence of Armenians in the region poses great danger, because if they resort to a riot against discrimination, it can become premises for collapse of the Georgian state.[...]
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In his turn, Head of the Akhalkalaki-based A-Info news agency Khachatur Stepanyan announced that “Javakh is native land of the Armenians.” Commenting on the claim of local Armenians for autonomy of the region, Stepanyan declared that “Armenians want to live peacefully and freely on the land of their ancestors that was occupied by the authorities of the first Georgian Republic.” [...] “The term ‘autonomy’ is associated by Georgians with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In our view, autonomy in no way restricts Georgian territorial integrity,” [...] “The main reason for the claim for autonomy is the demographic policy pursued by the Georgian authorities. It is aimed to the ends of Georgians and against Armenians. Today Georgian settlers are exempted from taxes, they are sponsored from the state funds. Javakh residents are forced to study the state language (Georgian). Giving the official status to the Armenian language will become a guarantee of security and preserving the Armenian culture and will reduce hostility towards governmental institutions. The autonomy will also foster social and economic development of the region,” he said.

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