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ARMENIAN ORGANIZATIONS DEMANDS INTRODUCTION OF SECOND STATE LANGUAGE
Prime News
March 16, 2006, 9:53 pm
Tbilisi. March 16 (Prime News) - Birk and Javakhk NGOs operating in
Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, largely populated with Armenians,
demand introduction of the Armenian language with a status of the
second state language.
The above-mentioned organizations drafted a letter of appeal to
the Parliament of Georgia at the meeting in the town of Akhalkalaki
on Thursday.
According to them, the major part of the local population is of
Armenian origin and must enjoy Armenian record keeping.
Besides, the representatives of Birk and Javakhk say that they suffer
frequent violations of their rights for their ethnicity.; the Armenians
are deprived of an opportunity to work as public officers and they
are replaced by the Georgians, who arrive in Samtskhe-Javakheti from
other regions, they say.
Prime News
March 16, 2006, 9:53 pm
Tbilisi. March 16 (Prime News) - Birk and Javakhk NGOs operating in
Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, largely populated with Armenians,
demand introduction of the Armenian language with a status of the
second state language.
The above-mentioned organizations drafted a letter of appeal to
the Parliament of Georgia at the meeting in the town of Akhalkalaki
on Thursday.
According to them, the major part of the local population is of
Armenian origin and must enjoy Armenian record keeping.
Besides, the representatives of Birk and Javakhk say that they suffer
frequent violations of their rights for their ethnicity.; the Armenians
are deprived of an opportunity to work as public officers and they
are replaced by the Georgians, who arrive in Samtskhe-Javakheti from
other regions, they say.