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EDWARD ABRAHAMYAN: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT NORTHERN LORI
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
21.09.2009 11:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Northern Lori, i.e. the southern part of Georgian
Kvemo Kartli region, which is partially populated with Armenians
is forgotten not only by Armenian society but also authorities,
Edward Abrahamyan, expert at Mitk analytical centre, reported
PanARMENIAN.Net. According to him, certain top leaders and politicians
in Armenia often wave away the problems of those villages (Chanakhcho,
Akhkerpi, Khojorni, Opret, Gyulbag, Brdadzor), announcing that they
have no future because of their frontier location and Azerbaijani
factor. "That's because Armenians are not considered ethnic factors
here and cannot resist Azerbaijani aggression. Besides, considering
that population in those villages is very passive in terms of demanding
right to free movement and maintenance of contacts with Armenia,
RA top-class politicians do not raise a question on integrating
them to Armenia and ensuring their economic and ethno-demographic
strengthening," expert noted.
Besides he added that "Border demarcation will cause population
decrease in those regions. That's first of all advantageous to
Georgia which will provide final solution to the problem, as well
as certain Armenian circles which will start elaborating projects on
populating emigrants from Marneul region in NKR regions of Kashatagh
and Shahumyan. However, population's demands on making those regions
Armenian territories might provide solution to their current and future
problems, as it did in the 1920s. It should be noted that the region
has 10 villages, fully or partially populated with Armenians. They
are economically and ethnically integrated with one another, and such
key factor should be taken into consideration. Another solution,
which is less effective, may by Armenian and Georgian authorities'
demand for suspending border demarcation activities and returning the
situation of 1990s when Armenia and Georgia had no de facto borderline
in Lori region," Abrahamyan stressed.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
21.09.2009 11:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Northern Lori, i.e. the southern part of Georgian
Kvemo Kartli region, which is partially populated with Armenians
is forgotten not only by Armenian society but also authorities,
Edward Abrahamyan, expert at Mitk analytical centre, reported
PanARMENIAN.Net. According to him, certain top leaders and politicians
in Armenia often wave away the problems of those villages (Chanakhcho,
Akhkerpi, Khojorni, Opret, Gyulbag, Brdadzor), announcing that they
have no future because of their frontier location and Azerbaijani
factor. "That's because Armenians are not considered ethnic factors
here and cannot resist Azerbaijani aggression. Besides, considering
that population in those villages is very passive in terms of demanding
right to free movement and maintenance of contacts with Armenia,
RA top-class politicians do not raise a question on integrating
them to Armenia and ensuring their economic and ethno-demographic
strengthening," expert noted.
Besides he added that "Border demarcation will cause population
decrease in those regions. That's first of all advantageous to
Georgia which will provide final solution to the problem, as well
as certain Armenian circles which will start elaborating projects on
populating emigrants from Marneul region in NKR regions of Kashatagh
and Shahumyan. However, population's demands on making those regions
Armenian territories might provide solution to their current and future
problems, as it did in the 1920s. It should be noted that the region
has 10 villages, fully or partially populated with Armenians. They
are economically and ethnically integrated with one another, and such
key factor should be taken into consideration. Another solution,
which is less effective, may by Armenian and Georgian authorities'
demand for suspending border demarcation activities and returning the
situation of 1990s when Armenia and Georgia had no de facto borderline
in Lori region," Abrahamyan stressed.