On July 7 AAA interns participated in a forum on problems of Javakhk Armenians. The forum was organized by "Yeritasardutyun" NGO and hosted by Armenian Assembly of America's Yerevan Office.
The invited guest, an historian Artush Sanosyan, spoke about the problems facing Armenians of historical Armenian region of Javakhk, presently a part of Republic of Georgia.
Mr. Sanosyan spoke as well about historical monuments of Javakhk, policy of Georgian Government towards the region, history of resettlement of Erzrum Armenians in Javakhk.
After the speech participants watched a movie about Javakhk and received answers to their questions as well as a booklets about the role of Javakhk Armenians in the national-liberation movement, signed by Mr. Sanosyan, the author of the booklet.
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