NO MASS SETTLEMENT BY TURK-MESKHETIANS IS EXPECTED IN JAVAKHETI
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.04.2007 15:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Meskhetians’ desire to resettle in Georgia is
too exaggerated. According to the latest information, there are
130 000 Turk-Meskhetians residing in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and
other countries, only 20 000 of which want to return," member of the
Republican Party of Georgia, political scientist Paata Zakareishvili
stated to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. He said, a lot of them do
not want to leave from a Muslim country and reside in a Christian
one -Georgia. "They’d rather go to Turkey.
It is not expected a mass settlement by Turk-Meskhetians in
Samtskhe-Javakheti, no Georgia government will initiate such
a step. Most likely Armenians and Georgians of Javakhk will join
against Meskhetians," he said.