EMPLOYEES OF GEORGIAN OMBUDSMAN’S STAFF VISIT JAVAKHK
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Aug 07 2007
AKHALKALAK, AUGUST 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The chief
expert of the Geogian human rights defender’s (ombudsman) staff Beka
Mindiashvili and the coordinator of the ombudsman’s staff on ethnic
minorities Koba Chopliani paid a visit to Akhalkalak on August 4.
According to A-Info, they met with representatives of the council of
Armenian NGOs of Samtskhe-Javakhk, who presented the Armenian and
Georgian versions of the memorandum "The Urgency of Imroving the
State of the Armenian Population in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakhk and
Kvemo Kartli Regions, and the Obligations and Commitments of Georgia
to the Council of Europe" (which was prepared by representatives of
the above mentioned council), as well as a number of letters and
documents which have been sent to high-ranking Georgian officials
and have remained unanswered.
The employees of the ombudsman’s staff were mainly concerned about
issues related to head masters, status of the Armenian language,
autonomy and non-registration of the "Virk" party. They promised that
the issues raised will be dealt with.