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    GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES BAN ARMENIAN MPS' SPEECHES IN JAVAAKHK

    Tert.am
    26.07.11

    The Georgian authorities have banned two Armenian MPs from making a
    speech in the Armenian populated region of Javakhk.

    At a news conference on Tuesday, Armen Martirosyan of the opposition
    Heritage party faction in parliament, and Artsvik Minasyan of
    the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) said
    thatthey had not allowed to speak at an event dedicated to Javakhk
    born Armenian poet Vahan Teryan on Sunday.

    Minasyan said ethnic Armenians from the provincial administration
    had approached them during the event, and introducing themselves
    as organizers, insisted that they speak. The latter said they had
    delivered speeches at an event dedicated to the famous Armenian gusan,
    Jivani, but the participants had reportedly got bored.

    "But as it turned out later, neither they nor the security officials
    were the decision makers ... And after the welcome speech in Russian,
    it became clear that the developments followed the course they had
    predetermined," Minasyan said, adding that the Georgian authorities
    move could be seen as a measure to prevent them from voicing statements
    in support of the Armenians in Javakhk.

    "Javakhk is in a complicated situation as far as the preservation
    of the Armenian identity is concerned, and we are really facing a
    problem in terms of maintaining our cultural and linguistic heritage,
    and our church," Martirosyan added.

    The MP was particularly amazed that the Russian language was preferred
    to Armenian in Georgia, a country whose policies stand out with their
    anti-Russian character.

    "That means Georgia finds Armenian a more dangerous, hostile language
    than Russian," he said, adding that a member of the Heritage party's
    board, Anahit Uzunyan, who managed to speak at the event was met with
    strong resistance, and her microphone was turned off.

    The MPs further called on the Armenian authorities to develop a special
    concept aimed to resolve problems in Javakhk, and undertake concrete
    steps in that direction.

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