TREND, Azerbaijan
June 23 2006

International Crisis Group to announce its report on the situation of
national minorities in Georgia in August

Source: Trend
Author: R.Abdullayev

23.06.2006

The International Crisis Group (ICG) in August will announce its
report on the situation of national minorities in Georgia where the
main attention will be paid to the situation of Azerbaijani
community, Vugar Gojayev, the representative of ICG in Azerbaijan,
told Trend.

According to Gojayev, the preparation of the report was trusted on
Baku office of the organization and at the moment, serious measures
are taken to study problems of residents of KvemoKartli region of
Georgia populated by Azerbaijanis.

"In July, the representatives of the office will leave for Gardabani
and Dmanski (Georgia) where they will study different life aspects of
Azerbaijanis’ within 2-3 weeks, especially statistic data,
implementation of reforms, as well as land reforms," told Gojayev. He
noted that in parallel work is carried out in Javakheti settled
manily by Armenians.

"Our group also includes Sabina Frazer, the project coordinator of
ICG on Caucasus," stressed Gojayev, adding that for the preparation
of the report, meetings are held with Georgian citizens in
Azerbaijan.