Today at the checkpoints in Akhaltsikhe information leaflets were distributed in Georgian and Armenian languages, printed at the initiative of the Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civil Equality.
According to Tina Gogheliani, the Head of the Department of Civic Equality of the Office of the State Minister, 100 000 leaflets for ethnic minorities will be distributed in all municipalities of Samtskhe-Javakheti.
The Governor of Samtskhe-Javakheti Besik Amiranashvili, majority MP Giorgi Kopadze, the Mayor of Akhaltsikhe Zaza Melikidze, chairman of Sakrebulo Gela Nozadze and representatives of the regional administration and local government took part in the distribution of information materials, together with representatives of the State Minister’s Office.
320 000 informational materials (flyers, posters) in Armenian and Azerbaijani languages have already been distributed in Lagodekhi, Telavi, Sagarejo, Marneuli, Bolnisi, Rustavi, Gardabani, Tetritskaro, Tsalka, Dmanisi, Akhaltsikhe, Akhalkalaki, Ninotsminda, Aspindzhi Bordeni, Adigeni.
The informational materials were published with the support of the UN Association of Georgia and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).