Importance of Javakhq

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Importance of Javakhq
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Why Should We Care?
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1. Final Siege
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Tough Neighborhood!!!
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Tough Neighborhood!!!
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Meskhetian Turks

• Meskhetian Turks lived in Javakhq

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Meskhetian Turks

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

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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

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Question

• If de-Armenization of Javakhq succeeds, who will
  be the new settlers?

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Question

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

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Consequences
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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

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Final Solution!!!
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2. Transportation Corridor

1. Export Route
2. Transportation Projects

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Armenias Export Routes
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What are Armenias Options of Export Routes?
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What are Armenias Options of Export Routes?
Turkey
Blockade
Azerb
Blockade
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What are Armenias Options of Export Routes?
Turkey
Blockade
Azerb
Blockade
Iran
Long/ Expensive
Sanctions
Turkish Population
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What are Armenias Options of Export Routes?
Turkey
Blockade
Azerb
Blockade
Iran
Long/ Expensive
Sanctions
Turkish Population
Georgia
Short/ Cheap
Good International Relations
Armenian Minority
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Currently, Georgia is Armenias Primary Export
Route
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Armenian Javakhq

• Guarantee of Armenias open communication routes
  to the outside world
• Serious restrain on Tbilisi from deepening its
  strategic partnership with Turkey and Azerbaijan

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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)

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BTC/BTE Pipeline Route
BTC/BTE are Azerbaijans primary source of income
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KATB Railroad Route
Akhalkalak
To Baku
Gyumri
Kars
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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

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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
• Armenias control over regional transportation
  corridors increases its influence in the region

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