ARMENIANS IN GEORGIA ARE ISSUED RUSSIAN PASSPORTS
Trend, Azerbaijan
April 3 2014
Tbilisi, Georgia, April 3
By Nana Kirtzkhalia - Trend:
Residents of Georgia's Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti region
(South Georgia) are standing in a queue in front of Russia's Consulate
in Tbilisi to get Russian passports.
Russia's Consulate in Tbilisi operates under the auspices of the
Switzerland embassy due to the lack of diplomatic relations with
Georgia.
The residents of the Armenian-populated region who are standing in
a queue avoid contact with media outlets, according to the Trend
correspondent. The region's residents learned from their relatives
about the facilitated issuance of Russian passports and visas and
arrived in Tbilisi, according to the informed sources.
Prior to the military conflict of 2008, Russia also started the
facilitated procedure of issuing passports, according to Georgian
experts.
Large scale military action was launched in South Ossetia on August
8, 2008. Later, Russian troops occupied Tskhinvali and expelled the
Georgian military.
Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in
late August. In response, Tbilisi ended diplomatic relations with
Moscow and has called the two unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia occupied territories.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend, Azerbaijan
April 3 2014
Tbilisi, Georgia, April 3
By Nana Kirtzkhalia - Trend:
Residents of Georgia's Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti region
(South Georgia) are standing in a queue in front of Russia's Consulate
in Tbilisi to get Russian passports.
Russia's Consulate in Tbilisi operates under the auspices of the
Switzerland embassy due to the lack of diplomatic relations with
Georgia.
The residents of the Armenian-populated region who are standing in
a queue avoid contact with media outlets, according to the Trend
correspondent. The region's residents learned from their relatives
about the facilitated issuance of Russian passports and visas and
arrived in Tbilisi, according to the informed sources.
Prior to the military conflict of 2008, Russia also started the
facilitated procedure of issuing passports, according to Georgian
experts.
Large scale military action was launched in South Ossetia on August
8, 2008. Later, Russian troops occupied Tskhinvali and expelled the
Georgian military.
Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in
late August. In response, Tbilisi ended diplomatic relations with
Moscow and has called the two unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia occupied territories.
From: Baghdasarian