Epress.am News from Armenia
On the eve of Sept. 14, Israeli political leader Avigdor Eskin, who was not even allowed to leave the plane, was deported from Tbilisi, reports Novosti Georgia.
“The Israeli political scientist had gone to Tbilisi to take part in the roundtable ‘Identity and Globalization: Challenges and Prospects’,” said Chair of the Society of Erekle the Second Archil Chkoidze at a specially called in press conference.
Representatives of the Society protested such action on the part of Tbilisi’s authorities and demanded an explanation.
“It should be noted that Eskin has never spoken against Georgia; more so, when Georgians were being deported from Russia, he supported the Georgian people. The fact that he was denied entry into Georgia has a political basis,” says Chkoidze.
The organizers of the roundtable are concerned that local authorities might prohibit other roundtable participants from entering Georgia.
“We are expecting participants from Armenia and Russia, and we think that the same thing will be repeated in their case. But the roundtable, in any case, will take place,” said Director of the Tbilisi Branch Office of the World Congress of the Nations of Georgia Nana Chkoidze.