Javakhk Public Orgs to Hold Conf.: “Integration, Not Assimilation”

PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS OF JAVAKHK TO HOLD CONFERENCE ENTITLED
“INTEGRATION, NO ASSIMILATION”

AKHALKALAKI, December 13 (Noyan Tapan). A Press conference of the
Armenian public organizations of Samtskhe-Javakheti was held in
Akhalkalaki at ATV-12 TV company on December 9. It was devoted to the
first public conference of Samtskhe-Javakheti, which would be held in
Akhalkalaki upon the initiative of the board on December 11.

According to the “A-Info” Agency, members of the Board presented the
necessity and purposes of the holding of the conference. It was
noticed that the conference, which was devoted to the social-economic
problems of the region, will be no single one. It is expected that the
conferences devoted to the language, cultural problems, as well the
problems of the local self-government will be also held.

The title of the conference, i.e. “Integration, no Assimilation” is
typical, too. The initiators have chosen such a slogan because of the
fact that being adherents of the integration of their region into
Georgia, they at the same time, are against the policy of assimilation
carried out by the Georgian authorities.

Representatives of the Armenian public organizations of Javakhk
expressed hope that the conference will serve its purpose and help the
Armenians of Javakhk in the matter of the just settlement of the
problems, the development of democratic and legal society in Georgia.