Georgian parliament to consider erecting monument to Circassian Genocide victims

The Georgian Parliamentary Committee for Compatriots and Caucasus Issues will discuss the draft resolution "on perpetuating the memory of victims of genocide committed by the Russian Empire against the Circassian people" on Thursday.

As the committee chairman Nugzar Tsiklauri told journalists the resolution envisages opening Circassian cultural center and the Memorial to Genocide Victims in Georgia. He said based on the traditions of the Circassians, the Memorial will be erected somewhere on the Black Sea coast, however, it has not been yet decided where the cultural center will be opened.

A draft resolution will be submitted for approval at the parliament’s extraordinary meeting on July 1.

The Georgian parliament has recognized the Circassian Genocide on March 20.


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