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    ARMENIANS PROTEST AGAINST WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM GEORGIA

    Channel One TV, Moscow
    30 May 06

    [Presenter] Many believe that Russia's presence in the Caucasus is the
    best guarantee against interethnic conflicts. Several hundred people
    in Yerevan today staged an action of protest against the withdrawal
    of Russian troops from the Akhalkalaki base in the Georgian region
    of Samtskhe-Javakheti, where quite a few Armenians live. According
    to those taking part in the rally, experience shows that as soon as
    Russians leave a place, Armenians leave it too.

    Instances of clashes between Armenians and Meskhetian Turks
    who are arriving in the region have become more frequent in
    Samtskhe-Javakheti. Under an agreement reached between Moscow and
    Tbilisi, the Russian servicemen will be withdrawn from the Akhalkalaki
    base by the end of next year.

    [Aram Karapetyan, leader of the Armenian New Times party] I think
    our aim now is just to raise the issue and make it clear that serious
    changes may take place in Javakheti after the Russian base moves out.

    Very serious destabilizing factors may appear there because it will
    be very difficult to talk about any stabilization after the base is
    pulled out.
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