Georgia doesn't give up anti-Armenian policy

PanARMENIAN.Net - 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.