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TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN LOBBY FOR RETURN OF MESKHET-TURKS
Thursday,
March 21
"Under Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Javakheti Armenians
have begun to enjoy full rights as Georgian citizens. It is necessary
to continue solving socioeconomic, language and other problems facing
Armenians of Javakhk," the deputy of HHK parliamentary faction,
Chairman of Javakhk Union Shirak Torosian said at the meeting with
reporters today. He discussed the problems of Javakheti Armenians
and the return of Meskhet-Turks to Javakhk.
In his words, there is no separatism in Javakhk, the local Armenians
simply want their problems to be dealt with.
As regards the return of Meskhet-Turks, Torosian said that in 1944
Meskhet-Turks were deported from Meskhetia and not from Javakhk,
and there were only a few Muslim villages in Javakhk.
According to him, Turkey and Azerbaijan are actively lobbying for the
return of Meskhet-Turks, while Georgia had to assume the obligations
to ensure their return as settling Meskhet-Turks on the border with
Turkey would not be in the interest of Tbilisi.
Torosian said the return of Meskhet-Turks is aimed at changing the
ethnic-religious picture in Javakhk, it is an attempt to weaken the
Armenian factor in the whole region.
TODAY, 14:12
Aysor.am
Thursday,
March 21
"Under Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Javakheti Armenians
have begun to enjoy full rights as Georgian citizens. It is necessary
to continue solving socioeconomic, language and other problems facing
Armenians of Javakhk," the deputy of HHK parliamentary faction,
Chairman of Javakhk Union Shirak Torosian said at the meeting with
reporters today. He discussed the problems of Javakheti Armenians
and the return of Meskhet-Turks to Javakhk.
In his words, there is no separatism in Javakhk, the local Armenians
simply want their problems to be dealt with.
As regards the return of Meskhet-Turks, Torosian said that in 1944
Meskhet-Turks were deported from Meskhetia and not from Javakhk,
and there were only a few Muslim villages in Javakhk.
According to him, Turkey and Azerbaijan are actively lobbying for the
return of Meskhet-Turks, while Georgia had to assume the obligations
to ensure their return as settling Meskhet-Turks on the border with
Turkey would not be in the interest of Tbilisi.
Torosian said the return of Meskhet-Turks is aimed at changing the
ethnic-religious picture in Javakhk, it is an attempt to weaken the
Armenian factor in the whole region.
TODAY, 14:12
Aysor.am