IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE PROGRAM ON RESETTLEMENT OF MESKHETIAN TURKS IN GEORGIA TO START SOON
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 24 2006
AKHALKALAK, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. In late May, 6
Meskhetian families will be resettled from Azerbaijan in the region
of Gori within the framework of the state program on resettlement of
Meskhetian Turks in Georgia.
According to Georgi Khaindrava, Georgian State Minister on Issues of
Conflicts Settlement, the parliament will soon adopt the respective law
on resettlement of Meskhetian Turks in Georgia. After the adoption
of the law the government will work out the respective actions
plan. Khaindrava hopes that in the respect of program’s financing
the Council of Europe and the international community will render the
respective assistance as the Georgian government cannot allocate the
respective resources.
It is not concretely calculated today how many Meskhetian Turks will
want to return to Georgia but their number can reach 500 thousand.
The A-Info agency also mentions that the government is going to
resettle the Meskhetians mainly in Samtskhe-Javakhk populated with
Armenians.