“Armenian organizations should present facts of violation of rights of Georgia’s Armenians to the U.S. administration,” the Council said in a statement.

Virk party co-chair urged to call the attention of international structures to the problems of Javakhk Armenians.

“Prior to every official visit to Armenia, Georgia closes Upper Lars checkpoint to make it the key topic in talks with the Armenian authorities,” the head of Javakhk expatriates’ community said.

Armenians of Samtskhe-Javakheti are deprived of the opportunity to create in Armenian language, though they make a majority in the region.

“We should be proud of any achievement gained since restoration of Armenia’s independence,” the congratulatory message reads.

“Javakhk is having hard times, specifically in education field,” David Rstakyan said.

Shortly after the start of works, Ashtrom International Ltd specialists revealed numerous defects in the engineering drawings and calculations made by the Georgian side.