RUSSIANS ARE GUILTY OF THE EVENTS IN JAVAKHQ
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[04:11 pm] 02 November, 2006
Today, Vahagn Chakhalyan, member of "United Javakhq" democratic
alliance, rendered a press conference where he spoke of the activity
of the alliance, his arrest and their immediate connection.
Reminder: Vahagn Chakhalyan was arrested on October 11 and was
accused of "illegal breech" of the Armenian-Georgian borderline. He
was released from the isolation of the National Security Service on
October 30.
Today, Mr. Chakhalyan qualified the motives of his arrest "mere
aspiration" as, in his words, the reasons are deeper and have political
grounds. "The general situation in Javahkq must be connected with
the worsening of Russian-Georgian relations".
Hmayak Hovhannisyan, NA deputy, claims that the pursuit and arrest
of Chakhalyan and his partner Gourgen Shirinyan was determined by
the construction of Kars-Akhalqalaq railway.
Let us remind you that Hmayak Hovhannisyan initiated signature
collection in the National Assembly in protection of Vahagn Chakhalyan
with the request to release him. 16 NA deputies participated in the
signature collection.
The point is that "United Javakhq" alliance announced during its
first session that "the construction of Kars-Akhalqalaq railway
has political motives and represents the interests of Turkey and
Azerbaijan, i.e. to penetrate into Javakhq and to isolate Armenia".
This is a serious concern taking into account the fact that the
Armenians of Javakhq are abandoning the territory, and the adjacent
territories of the new-built railway "will be inhabited with Turks"
in Chakhalyan’s words.
"This is really a serious threat for Javakhq as only 30 thousand
Armenians live in Javakhq today in comparison with their number in
the Soviet period – 70-80 thousand people. We had 14 deaths and only
one birth in August of the current year," claims Mr. Chakhalyan.