IS A PROBLEM OF SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI ARMENIANS FACTOR OR HEADACHE FOR ARMENIA?

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
26.06.2009 19:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian authorities must clear up one question for
themselves: is the problem of Armenians of Samtskhe-Javakheti a factor
to stabilize the Armenian-Georgian relations or just a headache, Ervand
Bozoyan, a political scientist told journalists on June 26. "In the
first case Armenia can considerably reduce its dependency on Georgia as
a transit country. In the second case, when we approach this problem as
a headache and not voice the that timely issue during talks, after some
time we will face unpredictable consequences," Ervand Bozoyan said.

Noting at the same time, that making political claims by the Armenian
leadership would not be right, Ervan Bozoyan stressed, that certain
steps should be necessarily undertaken. "The best way to eliminate
current disagreement in the Armenian-Georgian relations is to solve
existing problems. We cannot yield in problems related to the status of
the Armenian language and opening of the Armenian-Georgian university
for Armenian students of the region", concluded Mr. Bozoyan.