PanArmenian News Network
July 22 2005

PROBLEMS OF ARMENIANS OF GEORGIA – RESULT OF POLICY PURSUED BY
GORGIAN AUTHORITIES

22.07.2005 07:35

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There are people in Russia, who think that if
Georgia has more problems it will easier pursue the policy due to
`divide and rule’ principle, leader of Russian Union of People for
Education and Science Vyacheslav Irgunov stated when commenting on
Tbilisi’s attempts to present Turkey as a true ally and accusing
Russia of stirring up national hostility. In his words, Georgia
itself creates plenty of problems on its territory and the tension in
respect to Armenians is the result of the policy pursued by the
Georgian authorities, who do not allow them to receive proper
education and feel as citizens of Georgia. `The same problem is with
the Ossetians, whose representatives were dismissed from the state
posts. As result majority of Ossetians abandoned Georgia. Georgians
cannot solve national problems. Unless Georgians learn to treat other
nations as equals, nothing positive will happen’, leader of Russian
Union of People for Education and Science stated.