Experts warn of impending danger to Javakhk

PanARMENIAN.Net - Grigor Minasyan, who was arrested in Georgia on January 22, heads a youth center in Akhaltsikhe and is the initiator of various national, cultural and religious events. Thanks to his activities, Armenians of Samthkhe Javakheti became more consolidated for maintenance of Armenian identity and traditions, an Armenian expert said.



"Minasyan was one of those few people who resisted Georgian authorities' pressing anti-Armenian policy in the region," Eduard Abrahamyan, expert at Mitq analytical center, told PanARMENIAN.Net



"Grigor Minasyan and his friends tried to protect Surb Nshan Armenian Church from Georgian encroachment. His arrest and accusation of espionage is shocking. It once again proves Georgia's duplicity and aggressiveness toward Armenian activities in Samtskhe Javakheti," he said.



"It's also shocking that the Georgian authorities eye the people who are trying to protect their language and national traditions as enemies. Grigor Minasyan has two children and he wants them to grow up as true Armenians. This is the reason of his arrest," Abrahamyan concluded.