Member of Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary group Shirak Torosyan said that the Georgian leadership has launched a new policy of forcing Armenians to leave Javakhk.

A new program has been approved for Armenian schools of Javakhk. According to the program, the number of lessons of the Armenian language and literature has been cut by two times, Torosyan told a press conference in Yerevan.

According to him, the Georgian authorities aim to eradicate the Armenian language in Javakhk, what is a rough violation of national minorities' rights.

“The anti-Armenian policy of Georgia’s leadership is exceeding all bounds,” said Torosyan.

Besides, he added that the intelligence services of Georgia have prepared a list of teachers of the Armenian language and history, who voice issues of national identity. And these teachers are dismissed without any explanations. “They are even forbidden to hold other posts in Georgia,” noted Torosyan, adding that similar acts are aimed at distorting the national image of Javakheti Armenians.

“Currently, an unprecedented system of repressions is introduced in Javakhk, it had no analogues even during the Soviet era – Stalin’s tenure,” he said.

Answering a question of a Panarmenian.Net reporter on Armenia’s role in improving the situation in Javakhk, Torosyan said that Armenia should raise the problem of Javakheti Armenians during all meetings with the Georgian authorities.

“Hopefully, the Georgian authorities will finally conceive what kind of catastrophic consequences such policy may have for Georgia itself,” concluded Torosyan.