ACTIVIST SAYS GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES SEEK TO "INTIMIDATE" ETHNIC ARMENIANS
EurasiaNet, NY
Aug 20 2007
The editor of an Armenian-language newspaper published in Javakheti
[predominately ethnic Armenian-populated region in southern Georgia]
and co-chairman of the Virk party has described as groundless the
Georgian Defence Ministry’s assertion that radioactive materials were
discovered at the vacated Russian military base in Akhalkalaki.
[Mels] Torosyan said that reports about the discovery were aimed at
intimidating the ethnic Armenian population that lives near the base.
Law-enforcement bodies reported two days ago [as heard; should be on
16 August] that an arsenal [of live munitions] and the radioactive
substance caesium had been discovered at the base.
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