APA, Azerbaijan
Dec 5 2009

Now Armenians claim for Azerbaijani-populated territories in Georgia

[ 05 Dec 2009 14:12 ]

Tbilisi. Nizami Mammadzadeh ` APA. 14 public organizations of Armenia
appealed to President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, demanded
to get back northern Lori province from Georgia and stop demarcation
between the northern and southern Lori.

APA’s Georgia bureau reports that Georgian media writes about it.
According to the appeal, Armenia-Georgia border passing through the
territory of Lori was determined by the USSR without taking into
consideration Armenia’s interests.
`The real border passes through the Khram river and this is based on
the legal decision of the Paris conference, 1920.’

Armenian organizations demand official Yerevan to pay attention to the
protection of the rights of Armenian population of the northern Lori,
restore historical, legal justice and start methodical work in this
field. The appeal says that for centuries Lori had been one of the
main centers of Armenian culture and national identity, had been
inseparable till the political and demographic changes of the 20th
century.

It should be mentioned that Azerbaijanis had lived in the territories
lying to the Khram river for centuries. The historical castles,
cultural monuments in the villages prove that it has always been the
native land of the Azerbaijanis. Armenians has only 3-4 villages,
while Azerbaijanis 29 villages near the bank of the Khram river.
Gushchu, Gasimli, Sadakhli, Gachagan, Ashagi and Yuhari Saral villages
are among them.