ACCORDING TO SHIRAK TOROSIAN, GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ADOPTED BERIA’S POLICY
Noyan Tapan
Jan 27, 2009
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Georgian authorities have
adopted Beria’s policy: they arrest Armenian young people to hinder
Javakhk Armenians’ cultural development," Shirak Torosian, a member
of the RA National Assembly RPA faction, the Vice-Chairman of the
Javakhk compatriotic union, stated at the January 27 press conference.
It should be mentioned that residents of Akhaltskha Grigory Minasian
and Sargis Hakobjanian were arrested and then imprisoned with the
accusation of espionage and creating illegal armed groups. G. Minasian
is the Director of Akhaltskha Armenian Youth Center and S. Hakobjanian
the Chairman of the Charles Aznavour charity NGO.
According to S. Torosian, Armenia should respond at the state level
to the actions undertaken by the Georgian authorities. According
to him, an Armenian-Georgian interdepartmental commission should
be made up to attend to solution of problems emerging among the two
peoples. However, as the NA deputy confessed, in the issue of Javakhk
problems Armenia has always been neutral having an apprehension
that the Armenian-Georgian border will be closed in consequence of
aggravation of the relations with the Georgians.
Haykazun Alvrtian, a research officer of Yerevan State University
Armenology Chair, in his turn, doubted that the Armenian authorities
are able to solve the problems of the Georgian Armenians. As to
Georgian authorities’ policy, according to him, the latters have just
decided to behead the active part of the Georgian Armenians. In fact,
as H. Alvrtian concluded, by arresting the Armenian young people the
Georgian authorities wish to criminalize the political problem trying
to "prove" the false accusation on existence of the armed group.