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ARMENIA CONSUL BRIEFS CIS AND CSTO REPRESENTATIVES ON KESSAB
March 31, 2014 | 15:20
SAINT PETERSBURG. - Hrayr Karapetyan, Armenia's Consul General in
Saint Petersburg, Russia, made a request.
At Karapetyan's request, talks were held with Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly of the CIS Council Secretary General Alexey Sergeev, CSTO
Parliamentary Assembly Executive Secretary Pyotr Ryabukhin, and
Consul General of Greece in Saint Petersburg Teodoros Bizakis--as
representative of the EU chairing country.
Karapetyan presented to the parties the Armenian President's statement
on, and the motives for, the ongoing events in Syria's predominantly
Armenian-populated town of Kessab, the Consulate General of Armenia
in Saint Petersburg informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The foreign officials were informed that as a result of the
Turkey-supported operations by terrorist groups, around 670 families
residing in Kessab were forced to leave their ancestral lands, their
homes were looted, and the churches were desecrated.
Armenia's consul added that especially troubling is the fact that
these events are occurring on the threshold of the centennial of the
Armenian Genocide.
For their part, the foreign representatives noted that they are
also concerned about the events in Syria and, sharing the unease of
the Armenians, they will inform about this to the institutions and
countries that are a part of their organizations.
In the early morning on March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat
al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria's
Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians and
Alawites, from four directions. Two large groups of terrorists had
launched the attack from Turkey. About 600 Kessab-Armenian families
are currently sheltered in Latakia city. On March 23, Turkish fighter
planes downed a Syrian military aircraft that was conducting a mission
against the Islamic terrorists in Kessab. A group of Armenia parliament
members recently visited Syria to assess the situation in the region.
http://news.am/eng/news/201830.html
March 31, 2014 | 15:20
SAINT PETERSBURG. - Hrayr Karapetyan, Armenia's Consul General in
Saint Petersburg, Russia, made a request.
At Karapetyan's request, talks were held with Inter-Parliamentary
Assembly of the CIS Council Secretary General Alexey Sergeev, CSTO
Parliamentary Assembly Executive Secretary Pyotr Ryabukhin, and
Consul General of Greece in Saint Petersburg Teodoros Bizakis--as
representative of the EU chairing country.
Karapetyan presented to the parties the Armenian President's statement
on, and the motives for, the ongoing events in Syria's predominantly
Armenian-populated town of Kessab, the Consulate General of Armenia
in Saint Petersburg informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
The foreign officials were informed that as a result of the
Turkey-supported operations by terrorist groups, around 670 families
residing in Kessab were forced to leave their ancestral lands, their
homes were looted, and the churches were desecrated.
Armenia's consul added that especially troubling is the fact that
these events are occurring on the threshold of the centennial of the
Armenian Genocide.
For their part, the foreign representatives noted that they are
also concerned about the events in Syria and, sharing the unease of
the Armenians, they will inform about this to the institutions and
countries that are a part of their organizations.
In the early morning on March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat
al-Nusra Islamic terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria's
Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians and
Alawites, from four directions. Two large groups of terrorists had
launched the attack from Turkey. About 600 Kessab-Armenian families
are currently sheltered in Latakia city. On March 23, Turkish fighter
planes downed a Syrian military aircraft that was conducting a mission
against the Islamic terrorists in Kessab. A group of Armenia parliament
members recently visited Syria to assess the situation in the region.
http://news.am/eng/news/201830.html