May 21, 2008 - 17:47 AMT
ARFD backs Javakheti Armenians' struggle for autonomy within Georgia
Armenia should take every opportunity for recognition of Javakhk as autonomy, an ARFD Bureau member said.

"The ARFD backs Javakheti Armenians' their struggle for autonomy within Georgia. However, we come across a wall of silence of Tbilisi and the international community. That is why, it's time to convey a new impulse to the process," Hrant Markarian said in his address to the ARF Dashnaktsutyun General Meeting.

The Armenian-inhabited Samtskhe Javakehti region is situated in the north of Georgia, the Tayk region of historical Armenia. Its population reaches 238 thousand people.