ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT OFFERED PROPOSAL TO GEORGIA

Lragir
Aug 17 2007
Armenia

Armenia proposes founding an Armenian-Georgian university in
Javakheti, stated the minister of education and science Levon
Mkrtichyan in a news conference on August 17. He said they offered
this proposal to the Georgian government and they expect to make
arrangements during the visit of the Georgian minister of education
to Armenia in fall. Levon Mkrtichyan says Armenia had offered to
open a branch of an Armenian university in Georgia but the Georgian
party refused. Afterwards the Armenian party offered to found an
Armenian-Georgian university. According to the Armenian minister
of education and science, this practice is spread and accepted
in the world, and if Javakheti is viewed as a bridge between the
Armenian and Georgian relations, Georgia has no reason to reject
this proposal because similar universities are a form of expressing
friendly relations.

"If Georgia rejects this proposal, we have the right to ask why the
idea of an Armenian-Georgian university is rejected," says Levon
Mkrtichyan. During the visit of the Georgian minister of education
another issue will be raised – the problem of providing guidelines
on entrance to Armenian universities to Javakheti. Levon Mkrtichyan
says the Armenian government will finance, and only the consent of
the Georgian government if needed.

To facilitate the entrance exams for students from Javakheti,
the Armenian ministry of education and science has modified the
regulations of entrance exams for Diasporan students, eliminating
exams in Armenian.