MEETING AGAINST SAAKASHVILI’S VISIT TO YEREVAN DISPERSED
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
24.06.2009 12:50 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 24, 11 a.m., Armenian Mitk (Idea) analytical
centre planned to conduct a protest action in connection with Georgian
President Mikheil Saakashvili’s visit to Yerevan. Police intervened in
protesters’ attempts to place placards near presidential residence,
reasoning that they had to clean the area. "We want to ask President
Saakashvli about the anti-Armenian policy against Armenians of
Samtskhe-Javakheti. Georgian authorities are currently conducting
aggressive policy in relation to Armenians. Recently, they denied MP
Shirak Torosyan’s entry to Javahkk and threatened Armenian teachers,"
Mitk centre expert Vahe Sargsyan said.
According to him, Georgian frontier guards recently prohibited
transportation of Armenian books to Georgian territory. "It turns
out we are not entitled to send books to our compatriots. Georgian
authorities commit cultural genocide against Armenians of Javakheti,"
Sargsyan stressed. Although protesters did not manage to carry out
their plans, they declared of their intention to organize protests
in other parts of Yerevan.