Vladimer RAMISHVILI

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Vladimer Ramishvili, President of the Georgian National Academy (Tbilisi, Georgia).

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JAVAKHETI OR JAVAKHK? THERE IS NO ARMENIAN-GEORGIAN CONSENSUS

ABSTRACT

The author discusses the problems of Javakheti, a historical area that is now part of the Samtskhe-Javakheti Province of Georgia. The Armenians, whose ancestors came there in the 19th century, insist that in the distant past the area was part of Armenia. The author analyzes all kinds of historical and ethnic collisions related to the issue.

Introduction

In Georgia, the Armenians are an ethnic and confessional minority living mainly in Tbilisi, Javakheti, Abkhazia, and Ajaria. The chaos of the early 1990s led to certain problems in the relations between Tbilisi and some of the Armenian political organizations of the region. Since that time, the center’s authority remains limited there. After the “experiments” in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Tbilisi prefers to refrain from putting too much pressure on Samtskhe-Javakheti with its predominantly Armenian population. The tension mounted when the Russian military base was removed; the still unresolved problem of………….

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