"SAKARTVELO" UNION COMES UP WITH ANTI-ARMENIAN STATEMENT

Noyan Tapan
Jul 30, 2007

ODESSA, JULY 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The "Sakartvelo" union
of the Georgians of the Ukraine came up with an anti-Armenian statement
in Odessa on July 25, with which it warned that the Armenians living in
the Samtskhe-Javakheti region have recently been taking active steps
against Georgia and have begun to simulate the history of Georgians,
"Javakhk-info reports.

"Armenian nationalistic organizations: "Virk" party, "United Javakhk"
democratic alliance, the subdivision of the "Dashnaktsutiun" party,
as well as "Arshaluys", "Parvana", and "Javakhk" organizations, are
trying to introduce Samtskhe-Javakheti as a historical Armenian land to
international organizations. The rejoining of Samtskhe-Javakheti with
Armenia, as well as the creation of the Great Armenia later have become
primary issues for those organizations," is said in the statement.

According to the authors of the statement, the Armenians of
Samtskhe-Javakheti at the same time force Georgians, Russians and
Greeks out of this territory by taking very different measures. And
in the Gandza village "Armenian separatists" have created armed
detachments, which "are threatening the stability of this region."

"We claim that Armenians should renounce their chauvinistic ideas,
otherwise, they will see us as their rivals. We call to all the
Georgians to unite and struggle against Armenian separatism. Long
live the Georgian nation, long live the united Georgia. Let Armenian
separatists go out of Georgia," the "Sakartvelo" threatens.