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    FALLOUT: SYRIAN-ARMENIANS CONTINUE FLEEING TO ARMENIA
    By Siranuysh Gevorgyan

    ArmeniaNow
    http://armenianow.com/news/39407/war_syria_armenians_yerevan_armavia_airtickets
    18.07.12 | 15:23

    Syrian-Armenians continue coming to Armenia despite the fact that
    unlike Damascus, Homs and other cities with ongoing active hostilities
    it is relatively peaceful in Aleppo, where the largest Armenian
    community lives. Violence continues to escalate in the country,
    and today Syria's Minister of Defense was killed by a suicide bomber.

    Habet Putuzian arrived in Armenia on July 9 with his wife, elder son
    and his family. They have rented an apartment in downtown Yerevan,
    however, have not decided yet whether to permanently reside in
    Armenia. The Putuzians have applied for double citizenship and will get
    their Armenian passports in a few days. The 73-year-old Syrian-Armenian
    has his own perspective on situation in Syria and considers it to be
    "a matter of revenge".

    "They killed one another's family and started fighting among
    themselves. It is not so easy, it takes time to solve those kinds of
    issues," Putuzian told ArmeniaNow, whose family deals in sale of car
    spare parts in Syria. "If it were not for these events we would have
    been living like kings."

    Putuzian says that their clients from Turkey, Iraq and Iran are now
    afraid to come to Syria therefore business is low.

    During his stay in Armenia, Putuzian has made inquiries about founding
    a private business here, but many challenges have been pointed out
    to him.

    "I was thinking about buying mini buses and operating them here,
    however, I was told that I would not be allowed to. I said I wanted
    to buy a petrol station, they said, no way. In the end, some people
    advised me to buy several apartments and lease them or deposit money
    I had in banks. We'll decide after we get our passports," he says.

    According to recent data, about 3,000 Syrian-Armenians got citizenship
    in Armenia and only eight have applied for refugee status. Many
    Syrian-Armenians who come to Armenia, do not turn to any state body,
    because they plan to leave for another country later.

    The issue of Aleppo-Yerevan-Aleppo tickets also remains to be
    problematic, because Armenia's national air carrier Armavia and
    the Syrian Airlines flying only once a week, have sold out all the
    tickets until September. Armavia has only business class tickets left,
    for 235,000 drams (about $573).


    From: Baghdasarian
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