ArmenPress
March 25 2005

KMARA ACTIVISTS NOT WELCOME IN JAVAKHK

AKHALKALAKI, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS: The governor of
Armenian-populated region of Javakhk in southern Georgia, Georgy
Khachidze, moved swiftly to calm down local residents saying that
members of the Georgian youth organization Kmara, the driving force
behind the 2003 “revolution of roses,” will not be allowed to enter
the region.
He said there is no reason for Kmara activists to come to the
region. He added that he did not believe press reports alleging this.
“As the governor of the region I am prepared to pledge that no member
of Kmara will set foot on this land,” he was quoted by A-Info news
agency as saying. The agency, however, did not say why Kmara
activists wished to arrive in the region, whose population is against
the pullout of a Russian military base, stationed there.
The agency reported that the first news about the arrival of Kmara
activists began spreading on March 13 raising local Armenians’
concerns. Local youth organizations warned they would do everything
to impede their entrance into the region.