LOMAIA DENIES INFORMATION ABOUT OPENING ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY IN AKHALKALAKI

Prime News Agency
Aug 22 2007
Georgia

Tbilisi. August 22 (Prime-News) – Aleksandre Lomaia, Minister of
Education and Science, denies information about opening Armenian
university in Akhalkalaki.

"I think we have created suitable environment for our citizens ethnic
Armenians residing in Ninotsminda, Akhalkalaki and other regions to
satisfy their educational desire in the Georgian universities," told
Lomaia journalists while commenting the information disseminated
in mass media about possible opening of Armenian university in
Akhalkalaki.

According to the information of the Minister of Education and Science,
he intends to visit Armenia in near future, but his visit has no
connection with the above-mentioned issue.

Lomaia admitted that his visit in Armenia has a reciprocal character
as the Minister of Education of Armenia visited Georgia a year and
a half ago.

The Minister does not deny that the aforementioned issue was discussed
on one of the meetings, but it had no continuation.