ARMENIANS OF JAVAKHK DEMANDS TO GIVE STATE STATUS TO ARMENIAN LANGUAGE
IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHK
AKHALKALAK, APRIL 16, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A mass meeting
dedicated to giving in Samtskhe-Javakhk state status to the Armenian
language equal to Georgian took place in the Liberty square of
Akhalkalak on April 13. The mass meeting was organized by the
Samtskhe-Javakhk and Kvemo Kartli Armenian Public Organizations
Council. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the A-Info agency, in spite of
unfavourable weather and obstacles laid by responsible bodies, more
than three thousand people participated in the mass meeting.
Issues relating to testing of schools directors, the
Kars-Akhalkalak-Tbilisi-Baku railway, pressure put upon the locan
self-government bodies by the center and other issues the population
is interested in were spoken about during the speeches made at the
mass meeting.
Then the authorities of Georgia were addressed a call on behalf of the
mass meeting participants. The above-mentioned problems were listed in
it. It was stated that a memorandum with signatures of different
officials chosen by the Samtskhe-Javakhk and Kvemo Kartli Armenian
Public Organizations as well as by the people will soon be sent to the
Council of Europe. The process of implementation of the obligations
undertaken by Georgia in front of that organization will be presented
in the memorandum.