PanARMENIAN.Net
Javakheti Organizations Request Georgian President for
Autonomy
10.03.2006 22:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian NGOs of the
Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti region of
Georgia requested Georgian President Mikhail
Saakashvili to grant the status of autonomy to the
region, chairman of `Youth of Javakhk’ NGO Vardan
Hakobyan told journalists yesterday. In a letter
addressed to the Georgian President the Javakheti NGOs
request to consider the status of the region within
Georgia’s federal system. `We believe the situation
may be resolved. The trouble is that the Georgian
Constitution lacks the notion of `federation’ but
maintains the notion of territorial integrity,’ he
said. In his words, the situation in Javakhetia is
extremely tensed and reminds of Nakhichevan and
Karabakh. ` I hope with granting the status of
autonomy to Javakhk Georgia will find democratic
approaches to the national minorities,’ Hakobyan said.
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