Russia Calls on Georgia for Repatriation of Meskhetians

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 2005-03-11 21:28:33

In a statement issued on March 11 the Russian Foreign Ministry accused
the Georgian government of defying its commitment over repatriation
of Meskhetian Turks undertaken by Georgia upon its accession to the
Council of Europe (CoE) in 1999.

“Tbilisi does not even try to demonstrate that it wishes to solve
this issue. Numerous reminders by the Council of Europe look like
friendly reproaches rather than the attempts of inducing Georgia to
meet its commitments,” the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

Currently a part of the Meskhetian Turks, who were deported from
Georgia in 1944, are residing in Russia’s Krasnodar district without
Russian citizenship