AKHALKALAK MAYOR PROHIBITS SPREADING OF BOOKLETS WITH FALSE
INFORMATION CONCERNING CITY
AKHALKALAK, APRIL 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. By financing of
the UN Development Program and the Urban Institute, within the
framework of the “Society’s Participation in Local Self-Government”
program, a booklet is translated in the Georgian, English and Russian
languages about the city of Akhalkalak, what caused indignation of the
main inhabitation of Akhalkalak, Armenians. According to the “A-Info”
agency, the plan of the city of Akhalkalak and information about
Akhalkalak are published in the booklet. The main reason for
displeasure is wrong information concerning history of the city.
Akhalkalak Mayor Nairi Iritsian expressed displeasure to the people
implementing the program also for not publishing Armenian copies of
the booklet. Iritsian warned that booklets will not be given to people
in Akhalkalak as they have no connection with the society’s
participation in the local self-government because of their being not
in the Armenian language and involving false facts.