Parliament to Recognize 'Circassian Genocide'

Georgian parliamentary committees endorsed on May 19 a draft resolution recognizing 19th century massacre and deportations of Circassians by the Tsarist Russia in the northwest Caucasus as “genocide”.

The move means that the one-page draft resolution is formally prepared for a voting in the Parliament.

A ruling party lawmaker, Nugzar Tsiklauri, who chairs the parliamentary committee for diaspora and Caucasus issues, said he would request the parliamentary speaker Davit Bakradze to include the draft resolution in the agenda of the May 20 parliamentary session.

On May 19 the draft was discussed at a joint hearing of four parliamentary committees – on diaspora issues; legal affairs; cultural issues and human rights.

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