MOSCOW, JUNE 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A letter by representatives of the Javakhk territory of Georgia populated by Armenians has been received from Moscow. The letter is addressed to RA President Serzh Sargsyan. Below is the letter's text presented completely: "Mr President, The Armenian community of Javakhk is deeply concerned with the increasing aggravation of the social-political situation in the Samtskhe-Javakhk-Tsalka region. We cannot but see approaching threats connected with obvious illegal actions of Georgian authorities to region's native Armenian population. To prevent the negative consequences maturing in the region, on the eve of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's visit to Armenia, we, the Armenian community of Javakhk, apply to you with the request to consider the following issues and to include them in your coming meeting's agenda: - issue of giving the local self-government right to the region, - issue of giving the status of additional state language to the Armenian language in the region, - issue of returning its historic monuments and sacred places to the Armenian community of Georgia, - issue of immediate release of political prisoner Vahagn Chakhalian, - issue of opening the Verin Lars check-point, - issue of opening Tbilisi University's branch in Javakhk, - issue of permitting Armenians of Javakhk to be granted dual citizenship. We, the Armenian community of Javakhk, mention that all residents of Javakhk are vitally interested in Georgia's political stability and economic prosperity, progressive development of modern system of political democracy in Georgia."

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