ORIGIN ARMENIAN TOPONYMS RENAMED IN GEORGIA

Aysor.am
14/12/09

The origin Armenian toponyms fall under renaming in Armenian-populated
Javakheti, Georgia, told at today’s press conference the historian
and analyst Vahe Sarkisyan.

"Actually, the origin Armenian toponyms have now ‘i’ at the end of the
English-written signposts," he said. The numerous ‘Big’ and ‘Small’
prefixes are also ‘translated’ into Georgian, he said.

This is an obvious violation of the some international laws and
conventions, in particular, the Framework Convention for the Protection
of National Minorities which was ratified by Georgian government in
2005. It came into force in Georgia on April 1 2006.

These actions glossly violate the Article 11 of the Framework
Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, says Vahe
Sarkisyan. Besides, Georgian government has adopted a resolution to
Convention that allows running in accordance with the internal law,
he added.

"The Georgian government consider beside the purpose to ratify any
international conventions on national minorities. This is what must
be sat in judgment, I believe," he said.