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SYRIAN-ARMENIANS SEEK SAFETY IN ANCESTRAL HOMELAND - POLITICIAN
16:37 30.08.13
The deputy leader of the opposition Free Democrats party has called
for state efforts to offer a better protection to the compatriots
from Syria who seek safety in their ancestors' homeland amid the
continuing tensions in the country.
At a news conference on Friday, Anush Sedrakyan said the big Armenian
community in capital Damascus offers no guarantees that Armenia will
increase those people's state and political security in case of a war.
"Those 70,000 Armenians in Damascus are citizens of the Syrian state,
so it is Armenia's obligation to provide them with a secure homeland
to save their lives. And that can be done in the frameworks of both
human rights conventions and domestic patriotism," she said.
As for the impacts of a possible war, the politician said losses will
be inevitable though they will be very little in number. "Everything
will be done to identify the sources of the chemical weapons and
reduce the blows to the local level," she said, noting that the US
analytical thought has its reservations with regard to the issue.
"First, any blow be it though a limited one - will leave innocent
victims behind, and that's inevitable. Secondly, there's no guarantee
that the more aggressive Jihadist regime will not come to power,"
she said, adding that those concerns will cause the United States to
restrict its operations in Syria.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
16:37 30.08.13
The deputy leader of the opposition Free Democrats party has called
for state efforts to offer a better protection to the compatriots
from Syria who seek safety in their ancestors' homeland amid the
continuing tensions in the country.
At a news conference on Friday, Anush Sedrakyan said the big Armenian
community in capital Damascus offers no guarantees that Armenia will
increase those people's state and political security in case of a war.
"Those 70,000 Armenians in Damascus are citizens of the Syrian state,
so it is Armenia's obligation to provide them with a secure homeland
to save their lives. And that can be done in the frameworks of both
human rights conventions and domestic patriotism," she said.
As for the impacts of a possible war, the politician said losses will
be inevitable though they will be very little in number. "Everything
will be done to identify the sources of the chemical weapons and
reduce the blows to the local level," she said, noting that the US
analytical thought has its reservations with regard to the issue.
"First, any blow be it though a limited one - will leave innocent
victims behind, and that's inevitable. Secondly, there's no guarantee
that the more aggressive Jihadist regime will not come to power,"
she said, adding that those concerns will cause the United States to
restrict its operations in Syria.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian