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    ARMENIANS WANT TO ANNEX GEORGIA'S JAVAKHETI - HISTORIAN

    news.az
    March 1 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Guram Markhulia Armenian demands for autonomy in Georgia's
    Samtskhe-Javakheti region are a prelude to attempts to annex the
    territory, a Georgian historian has said.

    Armenia has decided to contribute to policy targeting Georgia,
    Guram Markhulia, Georgian historian and professor at Sukhumi state
    university, said, commenting on Armenian diaspora demands for autonomy
    in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.

    The professor said that Armenian media print anti-Georgian publications
    on the need for autonomy and for Armenian access to the sea.

    "Armenia will never get this. Today the Armenian nationalists think
    they can settle this issue. This will never happen. Georgia will
    never give its lands to Armenians," he said.

    He thinks that Armenians have no problems in Javakheti or in Georgia
    overall.

    "Armenians are represented both in the parliament and government of
    Georgia. It is not true that they live badly there. Both Armenians
    and Azerbaijanis are equal to Georgians. There is no region in Georgia
    where the population lives better than in other regions. The economic
    situation is the same throughout Georgia. Armenians want autonomy
    in order to annex this region further to Armenia. These are their
    political ambitions and they strive to have access to the sea. This
    results in the ideological attack against Georgia. They hoped that
    President Mikheil Saakashvili would discuss the issue with the Armenian
    president," he said.

    "Armenians are aliens not only in Georgia but also throughout the
    Caucasus. They were settled in Azerbaijani and Georgian historical
    lands by the Russians in 1828. Meanwhile, Armenians in Javakheti
    came from Turkey and did not live in these lands before. Instead of
    saying 'thank you', the Armenian people are demanding autonomy in
    this Georgian region," he said.
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