"Adyghe Hekum and Mak. Voice of Circassia" Website, quoted kavkasia.net as citing an informed source, and published that the Georgian News Agency "GHN" (http://ghn.ge/news-82836.html), has reported: "Russia categorically demanded from Georgia in the Georgian-Russian negotiations to repudiate the recognition of the Circassian Genocide and to stop the promotion for the topic". According to other sources, Russia also desires to remove the monument erected on the shore of the Black Sea resort of Anaklia, Georgia, commemorating the victims of the unequal and unfair war that took place between hundreds of thousands of well trained soldiers and mercenaries of the Tsarist Russian Empire against the indigenous nation of Circassia, which lead to occupying the entire Circassian homeland after a brutal war that lasted for almost 100 years, with all its associated disastrous consequences. Historians estimate that around 90% of the Circassian people were killed or exiled during this little-known genocide. Today, the Circassians number around 7 million people spread across the world, with the majority living in exile. Only 750,000 remain in their indigenous regions of the Northern Caucasus". If Georgians appear fragile and frail, then the Russian negotiators backed by the Russian authorities would emerge more impulsive and aggressive, and the "relations with the nations and peoples of the North Caucasus" will be effected, and the Georgian image and reputation will be shaken; but if Georgia shows solidarity with other Caucasian nations, and to the principles of freedom and human rights in accordance with national sovereignty, its solid Caucasian presence and positive effects would be felt among the Pan Caucasus space. In brief, the Georgian recognition progression went through the following sequence of stages: -It started with contact and interaction between Circassian activists and Georgian leaders. -Two Circassian conferences were held in Tbilisi in the year, 2010, which were in March and November in the title of: "Hidden Nations, Enduring Crimes: The Circassians and the People of the North Caucasus Between Past and Future". -In March, 2010, (http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22231) the Circassian activists participating in the first Circassian conference in Tbilisi had signed an official letter was signed and directed to the Georgian Parliament requesting to recognize the Circassian Genocide, based on the documented facts. - The Georgian authorities had allowed Circassians to access the documents kept in Tbilisi Archives, which were written and kept by the Tsarist Russian military leaders and officers of the Southern Russian Command, when Tbilisi was occupied by the Russian Empire and Russia started attacking Circassia from the Southeastern side (http://www.circassian-genocide.com/TbilisiIndex.php). -The Georgian Parliament within its committees (http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22961) had studied the Circassian fair demands, and formed specialized scientific committees consisted of scholars, historians, specialists and academicians from different origins even from Russia itself, which they attended special hearings, scientific presentations and legitimate documents (http://www.parliament.ge/files/1544_32742_536746_genocidi-en.pdf) proving the occurrence of the Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing inflicted on Circassians. -On the 11th of June, 2010, public hearings took place in the Georgian Parliament about the Circassian Question. It was broadcasted live publicly on Georgian national TV, which was viewed by many Georgians. Two famous Georgian Historians, Bejan Chorava and Merab Chukhua, spoke and testified in front of the Georgian Parliament on historic facts. It was shocking to listen to their testimonies and the evidence presented. -14 months after presenting the Circassian letter, Georgian parliamentary committees endorsed on 19, May, 2011, (http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=23466) a draft resolution recognizing the 19th century massacre and deportation of Circassians, which the Georgian Parliament held a session in 20, May, 2011, (http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=23472) and voted on a draft resolution that resulted in the approval of recognizing the Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing (http://justicefornorthcaucasus.info/?p=1251656096) inflicted on the Circassian nation in the 19th Century. -In 21, May, 2012, (http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=24790) the Circassian Genocide Monument was inaugurated after it was erected on the shore of the Black Sea resort of Anaklia, Georgia, to commemorate (http://diaspora.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec;_id=124&info;_id=2698) the Circassian victims, together with holding a conference on the Circassian Question. Participants of all mentioned events were attending from different Diaspora countries and the North Caucasus.

• published: 10 Feb 2014
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