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elong to an autochthonous group in the Republic of Turkey); therefore,
no group can be regarded to be autochthonous ethnic minority in Georgia
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.
As mentioned above, the most ancient migrant group of other
ethnic origin is a Jewish community. The peaceful life of the Jews in
Georgia during 26 centuries provides proof of strong tradition of tolerance.
Jewish community being deprived of the native language could
not maintain the language of their ancestors; in Georgia they speak
Georgian (which is characterized by certain specific features).
Often Georgia has been conquered by the neighbouring empires.
The Georgian nation never displayed intolerance towards the ethnos
which was a principle population of the empire in question and which
enjoyed peaceful co-existance with the Georgians. The current situation
is the best of its kind:
Even after august 2008 there was no aggression directed towards
Georgian citizens of Russian ethnicity or the Russian people in general,
despite the fact that Russia of Yeltsin-Putin-Medvedev intentionally
attempts to disintegrate the state of Georgia. There is not any aggression
towards Ossetians either, though in recent period it was a part of Ossetians
that helped Russia carry out occupation and annexation of Georgia.
Greater part of descendants of the migrant ethnig groups have become
devoted to the state of Georgia; this is why the old migrants
represent the saint and national heros here (for instance, Khudia of
Borchalo, the hero who had struggled for Georgia).
This is a fact that Georgia has never encountered ethnoconflicts.
The concepts of international documents the purpose of which is
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to defend human rights naturally corresponds to the Georgian character
and the historical principles of the Georgian state; taking this into
account we claim that the anxiety about regarding the violation of rights
of religious minorities in Georgia in the last decade was just an exaggeration
of facts rather than the attempt to reflect the attitudes of the
Georgian population.
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It is widely known that Armenians, Russians, Azeris, Ossetians and Turks are not
autochthonous in Georgia.
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For instance see: http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc06/EDOC10786.pdf
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