Russia’s Javahk Diaspora demands autonomous region status for
Samtskhe-Javakheti
28.02.2010 17:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia’s Javahk Diaspora addressed a petition to
Armenian and Georgian authorities, as well as independent
international democratic structures.
In the petition issued, Russia’s Javahk Diaspora calls on Armenian and
Georgian authorities, as well as independent international democratic
structures to take urgent measures against discriminatory,
anti-Armenian policy of Georgian authorities in Javahk.
Javahk Diaspora representatives urge for:
1. Immediate reconsideration of Samtskhe-Javakheti region’s
administrative territorial division, with subsequent inclusion of
Tsalka municipality.
2. Introduction of amendments to Georgian Constitution, stipulating
for granting the status of autonomous region to Samtskhe-Javakheti,
renaming it as Javahk autonomous region.
3. Provision of regional language status for the Armenian language and
cessation of forced assimilation.
4. Legal status provision to Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia and
return of secularized Armenian churches, relics and historic
monuments.
5. Immediate cessation of police persecutions in
Samtskhe-Javakheti-Tsalka region, termination of criminal prosecutions
against Armenian activists.
6. Cessation of policy, forbidding transfer of Armenian textbooks and
literature through frontier checkpoint.
7. Restoration of Armenian toponyms in Samtskhe-Javakheti-Tsalka
region and Georgia.
In conclusion, statement called on social and political forces, as
well as society representatives in Armenia and Diaspora to unite for
protection Javahk Armenians’ rights and interests.