The Georgian authorities permit carrying Armenian literature to Javakheti, Georgian Ambassador to Armenia Grigol Tabatadze told a news conference in Yerevan, commenting on the information that it is forbidden to carry Armenian literature to Javakhk. "The Georgian government is funding 144 Armenian schools in Georgia. Books and manuals, approved by the Georgian ministry of education are translated into Armenian in Armenia and then sent back to Georgia. Other Armenian textbooks, which are not approved by the Georgian education ministry cannot cross the Armenian-Georgian border," Tabatadze said. According to him, this year graduates of national minorities’schools will pass one exam in their language.
"The Georgian authorities have spent some USD 108 million to improve the socio-economic status of Javakhk,”Tabatadze said, adding that several Armenian schools were restored, including school after Vahan Teryan.
