December 14, 2002 - 18:23 AMT
GEORGIANS AND ARMENIANS OF SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETIA CONSIDER RETURN OF TURK-MESKHETIANS PREMATURE
The return of Turk-Meskhetian to Georgia is not expedient yet. Such opinion was expressed by the representatives of Georgian and Armenian non-governmental organizations of Samtskhe-Javakhetia region of Georgia at the trilateral meeting initiated by the UN within the framework of "Peace initiative: Armenians-Georgians-Meskhetians" held in Bakuriani. As reported by "A-info," the Georgian and Armenian parties grounded their opinion about the return of Turk-Meskhetians to Georgia being premature on a number of social, ethnic, religious and other problems present in Samtskhe-Javakhetia region today.