MP urges Armenian, Georgian governments to tackle problems in Javakhk
Arminfo
18 Mar 06
Yerevan, 17 March: Although steps are being taken to tackle the
socio-economic problems in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti region,
Armenia can do more on this issue, MP Mger Shakhgeldyan, chairman of
the parliamentary standing commission on defence, national security
and internal affairs, told a news conference today.
The Armenian and Georgian authorities should resolve problems of
the region by joint efforts, he said. Shakhgeldyan believes that an
improvement in the situation in Samtskhe-Javakheti is in the interest
of both countries. In his opinion, the creation of conditions for
the socio-economic development of Javakhk will considerably alleviate
the situation in the region.
Commenting on the incident in the Georgian town of Tsalka, where an
ethnic Armenian Gevorg Gevorkyan was killed, Shakhgeldyan said that
offenders should be punished with the utmost rigour of the law.