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| 17:14:35 | 14-04-2005 | Politics |

DEMONSTRATION AT THE GEORGIAN EMBASSY

«Georgia is leading the policy of assimilating Armenians», «No to Georgian
nazism», `White genocide towards Armenians’ – read the posters today at the
doorway of the Georgian Embassy. A group of young people from Yerevan state
pedagogical university and other colleges organized a protest action in
support of the Armenians living in Georgia.

Declaring that their action had no political context the young people said
they were going to present a note of protest to the Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Georgia to Armenia. The students expressed
their concerns concerning the policy conducted with regard to Armenians in
Georgia. `We understand that Georgians implement national policy in Georgia,
but they even want to pass a bill in the parliament demanding that teaching
of Armenian language in Armenian schools be carried out twice a week. Some
nationalistic forces want to stirr up incitements in Georgia and to involve
Armenia in it. They profane Armenian historic and cultural monuments,
vandalism incidents were recorded. This is perhaps done by Meskhet Turks,
recently actively settled in Armenian settlements’, says student of the
pedagogical university Arsen Balyan.

The demonstrants ask the Georgian authorities not to give in to these
provocations, since Georgia has centuries-old fraternal relations with
Armenia, and hope that accepting the note of protest the Ambassador will
ensure rights of Armenians in Georgia.

The Ambassador was away, and the Envoy accepted the note, ensuring that no
Meskhet Turk will be settled in Armenian settlements, in particular, in
Javakhk. The Envoy also promised to review the matter of teaching Armenian
language and history in Armenian schools.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress