“JAVAKHQ – ZONE OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS” ROUND TABLE ADOPTS STATEMENT

MOSCOW, MARCH 29. ARMINFO. The round table “Javakhq – zone of the
conflict of interests” with participation of international
organizations and representations of the Armenian Diaspora in Moscow
resulted in signing of a statement.

The statement says that the heavy social-economic situation in the
region of Samtskhe-Javakhetia even more aggravated by the pressure
exerted by Tbilisi on the Russian side in the course of bilateral
negotiations for withdrawal of the Russian military bases, in
particular, the 62nd military base dislocated on Javakheti.

The statement mentions the negative influence on the situation by the
possible repatriation of Turk-Meskhetins, which the statement’s
authors think a regular step of the “planned policy of the Georgian
leadership on ousting of Armenians who make up the greatest part of
the region’s population.”

The statement also mentions the heavy social state of the Azerbaijnai
region of Kvemo-Kartli. The existing preconditions for escalation of
the conflict in Samtskhe-Javakhetia region will have an extremely
negative impact on the stability in the whole Transcacuasus, the
statement says. The local Armenians’ concern for occurrence of a
Turkish military contingent in the region after withdrawal of the
Russian troops in not groundless.

The statement points out the necessity of agreement of the decision on
withdrawal of the 62nd military base from Akhalkalaki taking into
account maintenance of stability, provision of security to the
peaceful Armenian population and solution to the existing
social-economic problems of the region.- M-

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress