EC TO DISCUSS MESKHETIAN TURKS ISSUE
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
22.05.2009 16:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 9’s meeting of EC an issue of returning
Meskhetian Turks to the place of their permanent residence will
be discussed.
According Meskhetian Turks Society representative in Azerbaijan,
"Vatan" Ibrahim Burkhanov, oncoming debates in Strasburg will become
decisive in the issue of Meskhetian Turks.
In 2000, when joining EC, Georgia assumed the responsibility of
returning Meskhetian Turks to the place of their permanent residence
from where they were evicted in 1944. Meskhetian Turks used to live
in Kvemo-Kartveli region, bordering with Armenian-populated Georgian
region of Samtskhe Javaheti. Azerbaijan and Turkey are taking
efforts to settle Meskhetians in Javahk, yet Tbilisi is against
this arrangement.