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YEREVAN. – Having pro-Russian authorities in Georgia is advantageous for the Armenian population in Javakhk region because, owing to this, relations with Russia will improve.

Georgian Studies specialist Johnny Melikyan stated the aforesaid, during a press conference on Tuesday, commenting on the presidential elections that will be conducted in Georgia on October 27.

To note, Javakhk—Georgian name: Javakheti—is a predominantly-Armenian-populated part of Georgia’s southeastern Samtskhe-Javakheti Province.

According to Melikyan, the Javakhk Armenians understand that, with the help of the ruling pro-Russian forces in Georgia, they will no longer have the problems that they had in the past.       

“[But] the Armenians in [Georgia’s capital city] Tbilisi and in [Georgia’s Autonomous Republic of] Adjara have a slightly different point of view; they are more integrated into the domestic political processes. They expect that the country’s economic situation may change for the better. For the most part, they will not focus on the matter of pro-Russian or pro-American forces,” Johnny Melikyan stressed.

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