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  • TBILISI: Armenian Official Calls on Tbilisi for Caution in Javakheti

    Civil Georgia, Georgia
    Oct 9 2005

    Armenian Official Calls on Tbilisi for Cautious in Javakheti


    Armenian President's national security aide Garnik Isagulyan said
    on October 8 that the Georgian authorities should show restraint
    while dealing with the Samtskhe-Javakheti region in southern Georgia,
    which is predominately populated by ethnic Armenians, Regnum news
    agency reported.

    `Georgian authorities should be extremely cautious and attentive in
    their actions, because any minor provocation can turn into a large
    scale clash,' Garnik Isagulyan said at a news conference.

    The aide to the Armenian President commented on the recent clash,
    which occurred on October 5, when hundreds of local residents in
    Akhalkalaki, a town in Samtskhe-Javakheti, rallied to protest against
    the closure of trade facilities by in the town by the Financial
    Police. Tensions flared up after police fired several shots into the
    air to disperse the rally.

    President Saakashvili said while commenting on the Akhalkalaki
    incident, that `there is no serious problem and law-enforcers are
    maintaining order in the region.'

    `We are establishing control in this region [Samtskhe-Javakheti],
    which was out of full control over previous years. Any attempts to
    trigger disorders will be unsuccessful,' Saakashvili told reporters
    on October 6.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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