February 7, 2002 - 23:25 AMT
GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN THINKS EVERYTHING POSSIBLE MUST BE DONE TO PREVENT MIGRATION OF TURKS-MESHETINS TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETIA
The residents of Samtskhe-Javakhetia region populated by Armenians as well as new governor Teymuraz Mosiashvili are worried with the perspective of the return of Turks-Meshetins who lived in this region once. In his interview for the public television of Armenia, deputy of Georgian parliament Anzor Tamarashvili has stated that everything possible must be done in order to prevent the migration of Turks-Meshetins to that region. «When they lived here, they were only killing, raping and looting. Now they state that they want to return to their Motherland and then that they might claim self-government. That is why we have determined: no Turks-Meshetins will be here», stated the Georgian parliamentarian.