BRIEF: CRIMEAN ARMENIANS RECEIVE NATIONAL CULTURAL AUTONOMY
Trend News Agency (Baku, Azerbaijan)
December 20, 2014 Saturday
Dec. 20–Russia’s Justice Ministry ratified Dec. 13 the creation of
an Armenian regional national cultural autonomy in Ukraine’s breakaway
region of Crimea, the head of Armenian community of Crimea, Vagharshak
Melkonian, said, the 1in.am news website reported Dec. 19.
The Crimean Armenian community appealed in October to the Foreign
Ministry of Armenia to open a consulate in the territory of the
separatist Crimea.
Some 15,000 to 20,000 Armenians live in the Crimea.
It should be noted that the Armenians living in the territories of
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, insisting on their own autonomy,
have many times moved on to make separation and independence claims.
From: Baghdasarian
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