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RUSSIAN POLITICAL EXPERT: MOSCOW COULD TAKE INDEPENDENT MEASURES TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN AID TO SYRIAN ARMENIANS
by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, April 8, 15:44
Developments in the Syrian town of Kessab showed the limit of influence
of the Armenian communities in the USA, France and other western
countries on the decisions of the above countries' governments,
Andrey Areshev, Russian political expert, said in the course of
Moscow-Yerevan TV Bridge.
To recall, quite lately western countries at the UN Security Council
(UN SC) did not allow Russia to secure a reaction to the Syrian
militants' actions in the city of Kasab, inhabited by ethnic Armenians,
as well as to the shooting on the port of Latakia by armed groups,
the shooting that led to a suspension of the removal of chemical
weapons from the country.
According to Areshev, the Armenian communities despite their history
and years-long activity for the international recognition of the
Armenian Genocide etc. can do little when it comes to the national
interests of the USA and its allies, unfortunately.
"In February 2014 a big delegation of Christian confessions in Syria,
including the primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church Prelacy
in Damascus traveled to the USA to draw the attention of the local
Armenian community and politicians to the problems of Syrian Armenians
and other Christian population. However, they faced nothing but cold
silence. Senator John MacCain even created a scandal and behaved, to
put it mildly, not so polite. This is the very senator that traveled
to Aleppo last year and postured for cameras with the weapons of
rebel-Islamists," Areshev said.
In such situation, the expert thinks, it is very important for the
Armenian community of Russia to consolidate. As for official Moscow,
it could revise the principles of assistance to the Syrian Armenians
following such destructive position of the UN Security Council.
"Russian humanitarian aid often melts in the aid from other
international organizations. Given the evident unwillingness and
inability to respond to what is taking place in Syria, Russia,
probably, could take independent measures to provide aid, not least
because there are formal grounds for that," Areshev said.
To recall, 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 were initially sheltered in Latakia city. A
group of Armenia parliament members recently visited Syria to assess
the situation in the region. They met with President Bashar Assad.
On 30 March, representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA),
Jim Costa (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) have
condemned the attacks and urged the State Department to investigate
Turkey's involvement. They sent a joint letter to President Obama over
the issue. In addition, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian applied
to the UN Secretariat with a letter calling for immediate response
to the attacks by the armed Turkish bands in Kessab. He demanded
Ankara to take immediate measures to stop the attacks on Syria from
the territory of Turkey.
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From: A. Papazian
by Ashot Safaryan
Tuesday, April 8, 15:44
Developments in the Syrian town of Kessab showed the limit of influence
of the Armenian communities in the USA, France and other western
countries on the decisions of the above countries' governments,
Andrey Areshev, Russian political expert, said in the course of
Moscow-Yerevan TV Bridge.
To recall, quite lately western countries at the UN Security Council
(UN SC) did not allow Russia to secure a reaction to the Syrian
militants' actions in the city of Kasab, inhabited by ethnic Armenians,
as well as to the shooting on the port of Latakia by armed groups,
the shooting that led to a suspension of the removal of chemical
weapons from the country.
According to Areshev, the Armenian communities despite their history
and years-long activity for the international recognition of the
Armenian Genocide etc. can do little when it comes to the national
interests of the USA and its allies, unfortunately.
"In February 2014 a big delegation of Christian confessions in Syria,
including the primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church Prelacy
in Damascus traveled to the USA to draw the attention of the local
Armenian community and politicians to the problems of Syrian Armenians
and other Christian population. However, they faced nothing but cold
silence. Senator John MacCain even created a scandal and behaved, to
put it mildly, not so polite. This is the very senator that traveled
to Aleppo last year and postured for cameras with the weapons of
rebel-Islamists," Areshev said.
In such situation, the expert thinks, it is very important for the
Armenian community of Russia to consolidate. As for official Moscow,
it could revise the principles of assistance to the Syrian Armenians
following such destructive position of the UN Security Council.
"Russian humanitarian aid often melts in the aid from other
international organizations. Given the evident unwillingness and
inability to respond to what is taking place in Syria, Russia,
probably, could take independent measures to provide aid, not least
because there are formal grounds for that," Areshev said.
To recall, 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 were initially sheltered in Latakia city. A
group of Armenia parliament members recently visited Syria to assess
the situation in the region. They met with President Bashar Assad.
On 30 March, representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA),
Jim Costa (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) have
condemned the attacks and urged the State Department to investigate
Turkey's involvement. They sent a joint letter to President Obama over
the issue. In addition, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian applied
to the UN Secretariat with a letter calling for immediate response
to the attacks by the armed Turkish bands in Kessab. He demanded
Ankara to take immediate measures to stop the attacks on Syria from
the territory of Turkey.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=24713690-BF13-11E3-93710EB7C0D21663
From: A. Papazian