TBILISI. - Georgian Government will grant repatriate status to 75 Meskhetian Turks residing in Azerbaijan by the end of this year.

The governmental commission investigated 5806 documents, including 2000 in Russian language (about 30 000 documents concerning the population) and it will allow repatriation of those who will accept the requirements, APA agency reports referring to ahiskapress.com website.

On the whole there are 70 000 Meskhetian Turk residents in Azerbaijan. Many of them settled in Azerbaijani regions (Saatli and Sabirabad) after they had been deported from Georgia in 1944 under Joseph Stalin’s decree.