A group of 90 Armenian teachers from Georgia who were stopped from leaving for Yerevan to attend teacher training courses in Armenian Church history on June 12 have still not received permission to travel. Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia, informed "Hetq" that the group expected to receive permission today. "We have received positive reaction to our official requests but as yet nothing concrete has been done. If we get the go-ahead by next Monday we will still have time to travel to Armenia," Bishop Mirzakhanyan said. Nuneh Vardanyan, Diaspora Affairs Division Director, of the RoA Ministry of Education and Science, said that a prior arrangement for the teachers to attend the two week course had been reached but that at the last minute her office had received word that the teachers' visit had been prohibited since the Georgian Education Ministry needed to give its permission as well. Mrs. Vardanyan noted, "Since the school year hasn't yet ended in Georgia, the ministry would not allow for their absence. The issue is being reviewed. RoA Education Minister Armen Ashotyan is apprised of the matter. He attempted to contact the Georgian education minister but the matter hasn't been resolved. The teachers haven't yet arrived but I believe that they will soon." Gevorg Nersisyan, who heads the CIS Division at the RoA Diaspora Ministry, wasn't even aware that the employees of the Georgian Security Service had telephoned the teachers and interrogated them about their travel plans. Mr. Nersisyan told "Hetq" that in any event he had nothing to report since, "he is over here and the teachers are over there". We asked Mr. Nersisyan if the Diaspora Ministry was aware that the teachers were taken to the Georgian Security Service for questioning. Brushing aside the import of the matter, the ministry official responded, "All is normal. I am convinced that they will come."