The Armenian NGOs of the Armenian-populated Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia requested Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to grant the status of autonomy to the region, chairman of "Youth of Javakhk" NGO Vardan Hakobyan told journalists yesterday. In a letter addressed to the Georgian President the Javakheti NGOs request to consider the status of the region within Georgia's federal system. "We believe the situation may be resolved. The trouble is that the Georgian Constitution lacks the notion of "federation" but maintains the notion of territorial integrity," he said. In his words, the situation in Javakhetia is extremely tensed and reminds of Nakhichevan and Karabakh. " I hope with granting the status of autonomy to Javakhk Georgia will find democratic approaches to the national minorities," Hakobyan said.