YEREVAN.- Georgia has recently adopted complicated approach to the Armenian-populated Javakhk region, said representative of ARF Dashnaktsutyun bureau Hrant Margaryan.

On the one hand, up-to-date communication and energy infrastructure is being implemented in the region, on the other hand it remains the most economically backward regions of Georgia, he said.

“Moreover, the Georgian authorities continue to exert pressure on the active groups of the society and create an atmosphere of fear. They hamper preservation of Armenian identity of Javakhk people and continue political discrimination against Armenians carrying out the policy of demographic changes to the detriment of the Armenians,” Margaryan noted.

ARF Dashnaktsutyun continues its support of Armenians’ demands on gaining autonomy for Javakhk region.  

Margaryan stressed that Javakhki is a gunpowder keg which will explode sooner or later unless reasonable approach is developed.

Javakhk (Georgian name – Javakheti) is an Armenian-populated part of Georgia’s southeastern Samtskhe-Javakheti province.