REVAZ GACHECHILADZE: GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO ITS BEST
SO AS ARMENIANS LIVING IN JAVAKHK FEEL WELL
31-01-2006 18:10:00 | Armenia | Culture
YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. An
exhibition under the title "Javakhk-Akhaltskha" opened on
January 31 at the Armenian National Library. Books by Armenian
writers of Javakhk, as well as periodicals published in Armenia
touching upon problems regarding Javakhk and Armenians of
Javakhk are presented by separate stands at the exhibition.
According to Arushan Hakobian, Director of the "Vahan
Terian" cultural center, through the exhibition an attempt to
once again present the huge culture created by the people of
Javakhk was made. "The people of Javakhk-Akhaltskha,
Samtskhe-Javakheti region that has lived in awfully hard
conditions for centuries, hasn't been unconcerned with the large
culture the Armenian people has been creating," he mentioned.
Levon Ananian, Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia,
mentioned that the Armenian and Georgian writers haven't been
cooperating for already many years and in order to fill this gap
days of Georgian poetry will be held in May in Yerevan and days
of Armenian poetry in October in Tbilisi. He considers that the
age-old neighborhood between the Armenian and Georgian peoples
will be restored through cultural events.
According to Revaz Gachechiladze, Georgian Ambassador to
Armenia, cultural events are necessary for Armenian and Georgian
peoples as this contributes to strengthening and development of
friendly relations. According to him, the Georgian government
should do its best so as the Armenians living in Javakheti feel
well as the further relations between the two peoples are
conditioned by this.