Georgia doesn't give up anti-Armenian policy
For the past 15 years, both Yerevan and Tbilisi have been trying to turn the problem of Javakhk into a social issue, an Armenian expert said.
"Whatever officials say, the problem is a political one. Armenians are deprived of the possibility to study in their native language and are persecuted. The Russian factor also serves as justification of anti-Armenian policy. Moreover, absence of Georgian diaspora in Armenia also has its role in Georgia's governmental course," Sergei Minasyan, deputy director of Caucasus Institute told a news conference in Yerevan on Monday.
For her part, Noravank Foundation expert Tamara Vardanyan emphasized that Georgia has always pursued anti-Armenian policy.
"Armenians are not mentioned in Georgian text books," she said, adding that the Georgian authorities have always viewed Armenians an obstacle to consolidation of Georgian ethnos.
"Whatever officials say, the problem is a political one. Armenians are deprived of the possibility to study in their native language and are persecuted. The Russian factor also serves as justification of anti-Armenian policy. Moreover, absence of Georgian diaspora in Armenia also has its role in Georgia's governmental course," Sergei Minasyan, deputy director of Caucasus Institute told a news conference in Yerevan on Monday.
For her part, Noravank Foundation expert Tamara Vardanyan emphasized that Georgia has always pursued anti-Armenian policy.
"Armenians are not mentioned in Georgian text books," she said, adding that the Georgian authorities have always viewed Armenians an obstacle to consolidation of Georgian ethnos.
