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    Georgia's Ombudsman conducted press-conference regarding Tsalka events


    On the 11th of March a press conference was conducted in public defender's
    office regarding the incident that took place on the 9th of March as a
    result of which Mr. Gevorg Gevorgyan was killed and other ethnic Armenian
    citizens of Georgia were injured to various degrees.

    According to official data, five suspects were detained by the Police of
    Georgia and other suspects are searched for.

    The incident provoked a mass protest of ethnic Armenian residents of Javakhk
    region, which later grew into violence. The demonstration was dismissed by
    special security service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
    based in other regions of Georgia.

    The next day after the collision a group of representatives of the Public
    Defender of Georgia arrived in Tsalka.

    After having preliminarily studied the case the Ombudsman of Georgia Mr.
    Sozar Subari stated that the conflict happened based on 'common' grounds.
    Public defender called to let government officials finish the investigation
    of Tsalka events without any pressure or hindrance.

    Mr. Karen Elchyan, President of the Armenian Centre of Cooperation of
    Georgia, has also come out with a statement. He expressed condolences to the
    family of the murder victim and presented the official position of his
    organization. He stated that there are two different versions of the
    motivation of the crime, and one of the versions, namely the ethnic hatred
    motivation, is held by the victims of the crime.

    Responding to a journalist's question regarding Javakhk Armenians' requests
    of autonomy for Javakhk he noted that such requests are entirely lawful and
    are based on the principles of federalism and territorial integrity of
    state. Residents of the region, he stated, are convinced that granting
    Javakhk autonomy would contribute to fulfillment of their obligations and
    rights as of citizens of Georgia.

    The Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of Georgia has also commented on the
    events in Tsalka. The Assistant to the Head of the Diocese of Armenian
    Apostolic Church, Mr. Levon Isakhanyan supported the position of Mr. Karen
    Elchyan regarding the existence of two versions of motivation of the crime.
    He added that such crimes are consequence of anti-Armenian hysteria,
    launched by the means of Georgian mass-media.

    On behalf of the Diocese, he called for the appropriate government bodies to
    pay sufficient attention to the problems of the Armenian Apostolic Church
    Diocese of Georgia, interethnic relations and defending rights of the ethnic
    minorities residing in Georgia.


    Read Russian version: http://www.armenia.ge/show_news?id-
    © Armenia.Ge

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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