ICG report on Javakheti Region contains sound views - Shirak TorosyanMay 24, 2011 - 14:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of Javakhk Union gave positive assessment to ICG report titled Georgia: The Javakheti Region’s Integration Challenges. According to Shirak Torosyan the report contains sound views. “The report provides objective criticism of the Georgian authorities' policy towards Javakhk Armenians. It notes Armenian population's discontent over the absence of the status of the Armenian language, social and economic issues, urging to take efforts to solve the situation,” Torosyan said. At the same time, Torosyan indicated a number of omissions in the report, which never mentioned mass arrests and political persecutions of the region's activists. Torosyan characterised ICG report as a success of Armenian side which activated efforts at the international arena. “A clear progress has been observed in the positions of international organizations, which address the situation in Javakhk and Armenians' problems more often,” he said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |