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Georgian residents in Turkey granted homeland citizenship

Georgia Materials 14 October 2013 12:16 (UTC +04:00)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met in Turkey with ethnic Georgians and presented some with a certificate of Georgian citizenship.
Georgian residents in Turkey granted homeland citizenship

Georgia, Tbilisi, October 14/ Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili met in Turkey with ethnic Georgians and presented some with a certificate of Georgian citizenship.

Saakashvili said an agreement had been reached with the Turkish side on studying the Georgian language in local schools.

The president also handed over musical instruments to the Caucasian culture centre.
By a presidential decree in total about 3000 ethnic Georgians residing in Turkey received citizenship.

Saakashvili also asked for Turkish businessmen to help in the construction of the presidential library in Tbilisi which has already begun.

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