Will Vashadze be informed?
The Foreign Minister of Georgia Grigol Vashadze is going to pay an official working visit to Armenia on 20-21 February. In this regard "Djavakhq" organisation, "Mitq" analytical center and "Yerkir" NGO made an announcement.
The authors of the announcement say that Georgian Armenians are extremely shocked and live in fear after July 2008 when political activists Vahagn Chakhalian, Grigor Minasian, Sargis Hakobdjanian and Grisha Avagyan were arrested, and numerous other activities violating the right of Georgian Armenians were intimidated. They say that such strategy is aimed at strengthening the emigration of local Armenians or assimilating them under the name of "integration".
The statement authours call on Armenian authorities to pay attention on the following recommendations: to stop the attacks and criminal investigation of those political activists, to guarantee the usage of Armenian in Djavakhq and Tsalka regions by legislation, to establish Armenian-Georgian state university in Akhalqalaq in order to force the local youth to study in their homeland, etc.
