The first public conference of Samtskhe-Javaketia arranged by the Council of Public Organizations of the region will be held in Akhalkalak on December 11. According to A-info news agency, the conference is not to become the only one – similar forums dedicated to cultural and language issues as well as to the problems of the local self-government will be regularly held henceforth. The present conference will be held under the slogan of “Integration but not merging”. The initiators have chosen the motto to say that public organizations of Samtskhe-Javakhetia are against the policy of merging pursued by the Georgian leadership.