The Turkish factor is activating in Javakhk, according to Shirak Torosyan, member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and head of Javakhk Compatriots’ Union.

“Turkish and Azerbaijani companies are buying lands in Javakhk to secure return of about 13 thousand Meskhetian Turks in the region, a signal alarming not only for Armenians but for Georgians as well,” Torosyan told journalists on May 24.

“The goal of this campaign is to disseminate anti-Armenian propaganda and cut Javakhk off Georgia,” he stated.