NEXT IN TURN ANTI-ARMENIAN PROVOCATION OF VAN BAYBURD CALLING HIMSELF AN ARMENIAN

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 17 2007

AKHALKALAK, APRIL 17, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The appeal made
by participants of the April 13 meeting organized by the Council of
Armenian NGOs of Samtskhe-Javakhk was misinterpreted in reports of
Georgian mass media.

During his interview to the Georgian television "Mze", deputy of the
Georgian parliament Van Bayburd said that the meeting participants
allegedly demanded that the country’s authorities recognize Armenian
as the second state language in Georgia. Whereas, as was reported,
the participants appealed to Georgia’s authorities with a proposal
to grant Armenian status of regional language in Samtskhe-Javakhk.

According to A-Info news agency, the Council of Armenian NGOs of
Samthkhe-Javakhk called on not to pay attention to "Van Bayburd and
those like him who are ready, for their personal benefit, not only
to mock lawful demands of their own people but may also endanger the
country’s stability."