Will Javakheti repeat the fate of Karabakh?
11/02/2006
Regnum News agency
Leader of the United Javakh Alliance Vahagn Chakhalian does not rule out a possibility of an armed clash in the Armenian-populated area in Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, taking into consideration similarity of the situation in the area with the one in Nagorno Karabakh in the Soviet time. Chakhalian made the announcement at a news conference in Yerevan on November 2. At the same time he noted that up to date the question is not vital.
As for cooperation with the Georgian authorities concerning realization of projects, as Chakhalian noted, “such cooperation is equal to cooperation with Turks in the beginning of the last century.” He outlined priority issues for United Javakh: inadmissibility of construction of theKars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi, status of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia, teaching Armenian and history in schools, foundation of the Georgian-Armenian University. Chakhalian denied statements that the events in Javakh are related to the exacerbation of the Russian-Georgian relations. “It is rather weird that everything that happens in the area, Armenian media connect with the crisis in the Russian-Georgian relations,” Vahagn Chakhalian said.
In his turn, MP Hamayak Hovhannissyan also noted that not the discord in the Georgian-Russian relations, but construction of the “monstrous” Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi railway caused the high interest of Armenia in Javakh. According to him, despite the fact that European community and the USA are negative in their assessments of the construction, Turkey and Azerbaijan under Georgia’s consent have been implementing the project; so, it is a question of months. Besides, he expressed indignation at the intention to populate the traditionally Armenian territory alongside the railway: 12 villages with a population of 1,000 people. He also reminded that Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan speaking at a session of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization leaders also raised the issue of inadmissibility of constructing the railway and called for Georgia to abandon the project.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
Regnum News agency
Leader of the United Javakh Alliance Vahagn Chakhalian does not rule out a possibility of an armed clash in the Armenian-populated area in Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, taking into consideration similarity of the situation in the area with the one in Nagorno Karabakh in the Soviet time. Chakhalian made the announcement at a news conference in Yerevan on November 2. At the same time he noted that up to date the question is not vital.
As for cooperation with the Georgian authorities concerning realization of projects, as Chakhalian noted, “such cooperation is equal to cooperation with Turks in the beginning of the last century.” He outlined priority issues for United Javakh: inadmissibility of construction of theKars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi, status of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia, teaching Armenian and history in schools, foundation of the Georgian-Armenian University. Chakhalian denied statements that the events in Javakh are related to the exacerbation of the Russian-Georgian relations. “It is rather weird that everything that happens in the area, Armenian media connect with the crisis in the Russian-Georgian relations,” Vahagn Chakhalian said.
In his turn, MP Hamayak Hovhannissyan also noted that not the discord in the Georgian-Russian relations, but construction of the “monstrous” Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi railway caused the high interest of Armenia in Javakh. According to him, despite the fact that European community and the USA are negative in their assessments of the construction, Turkey and Azerbaijan under Georgia’s consent have been implementing the project; so, it is a question of months. Besides, he expressed indignation at the intention to populate the traditionally Armenian territory alongside the railway: 12 villages with a population of 1,000 people. He also reminded that Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan speaking at a session of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization leaders also raised the issue of inadmissibility of constructing the railway and called for Georgia to abandon the project.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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