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Importance of Javakhq

Importance of Javakhq. Why Should We Care?. 1. Final Siege. Tough Neighborhood!!!. Tough Neighborhood!!!. Meskhetian Turks. Meskhetian Turks lived in Javakhq. Meskhetian Turks. Meskhetian Turks lived in Javakhq In 1944, Stalin deports Meskhetian Turks. Meskhetian Turks.

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Importance of Javakhq

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  1. Importance of Javakhq

  2. Why Should We Care?

  3. 1. Final Siege

  4. Tough Neighborhood!!!

  5. Tough Neighborhood!!!

  6. Meskhetian Turks • Meskhetian Turks lived in Javakhq

  7. Meskhetian Turks • Meskhetian Turks lived in Javakhq • In 1944, Stalin deports Meskhetian Turks.

  8. Meskhetian Turks • Meskhetian Turks lived in Javakhq • In 1944, Stalin deports Meskhetian Turks • In 1999, Georgian government obliges to repatriate Meskhetian Turks by 2016, now numbering 200,000

  9. Question: If de-Armenization of Javakhq succeeds, who will be the new settlers?

  10. Question If de-Armenization of Javakhq succeeds, who will be the new settlers? Answer Meskhetian Turks

  11. Consequences

  12. Consequences • Land link between Turkey and Azerbaijan • Complete encirclement and blockade of Armenia by a Turkish element • Armenia ceases to be a viable state and becomes an “Armenian reservation” • The population of Armenia emigrates and, eventually, becomes assimilated • Final stage of the Genocide is complete

  13. Final Solution!!!

  14. 2. Transportation Corridor Export Route Transportation Projects

  15. Armenia’s Export Routes

  16. What are Armenia’s Options of Export Routes?

  17. What are Armenia’s Options of Export Routes?

  18. What are Armenia’s Options of Export Routes?

  19. What are Armenia’s Options of Export Routes?

  20. Currently, Georgia is Armenia’s Primary Export Route

  21. “Armenian” Javakhq • Guarantee of Armenia’s open communication routes to the outside world • Serious restrain on Tbilisi from deepening its strategic partnership with Turkey and Azerbaijan

  22. Transportation Projects • Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline • Baku – Tbilisi – Erzerum (BTE) gas pipeline • Kars – Alhalkalak – Tbilisi -Baku (KATB) railroad • Kars – Alhalkalak – Tbilisi - Baku highway (planned)

  23. BTC/BTE Pipeline Route BTC/BTE are Azerbaijan’s primary source of income

  24. KATB Railroad Route Akhalkalak To Baku Gyumri Kars

  25. KATB Railroad Goals • Connect Turkey and Azerbaijan (Turkish control), bypassing the Kars - Gyumri railroad (Armenian control) • Isolate Armenia and strengthen its blockade • Increase flow of Turks and Georgians into Javakhq (service personnel and security forces) to push out the Armenian population

  26. Solution • Support and assist local Armenians so they remain in Javakhq • By not emigrating, they will continue constituting majority population • Republic of Armenia will continue to assert control over Javakhq and all its transportation routes • Armenia’s control over regional transportation corridors increases its influence in the region

  27. Q & A

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