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EAFJD sends letter to Catherine Ashton, EU foreign relations chief &
Commission VP
To: Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy,
Vice President of the European Commission
Brussels, 6 June, 2014
Dear Baroness Ashton,
>From the very beginning of the civil war in Syria, the Armenian
Community in Aleppo has suffered, big losses in lives, injuries and
properties, being in the center of the battleground between the Army
and the opposition forces. The situation has been deteriorated in the
last period, from the moment that in the area the main forces fighting
against the army are the Al Qaeda affiliated forces.
There is no doubt that those extremist opposition forces, are armed by
Turkey and entering from there, do not fight against the armed forces,
but basically their attacks are aimed against the population in the
cities and villages. Recently, they attacked the Armenian populated
town of Kessab, entering from Turkey, forcing the entire population to
evacuate the town and find shelter in the city of Latakia. During the
last days those forces entering again from Turkey are attacking
Aleppo, targeting basically the Armenian populated neighborhoods and
especially Nor Kyough.
As reported by news agencies as well, incessant rocket fire against
the Nor Kyough neighborhood, from the Al Qaeda affiliated forces, are
endangering the lives of the population and are causing massive
destruction. Armenian churches, schools, institutions, houses and
stores are in complete or partial destruction, making life unbearable
for the citizens of the town, thus causing a new wave of evacuation
towards Latakia, which is already overflowing with displaced Armenians
from the insurgence of the terrorist groups in Kessab early this
spring.
In view of this terribly inhuman situation the Emergency Relief Body
of Syrian Armenians (ERBSA) has declared the Armenian Nor Kyough
neighborhood in Aleppo a DISASTER ZONE.
Your Excellency,
Recently, on the 21st of March 2014, the Al Qaeda affiliated groups
attacked the town of Kessab on the borders of the Turkey and Syria,
thus forcing the entire population to evacuate it and find shelter in
the city of Latakia. Today they are attacking the Armenian populated
neighborhoods of Aleppo and sspecially Nor Kyough. If Turkey would not
encourage and even provoke those attacks, it would be very easy to
secure the borders and forbid the free circulation of these extremist
groups. On behalf also of our compatriots, citizens of the European
Union, we urge you, as the Head of the exterior relations of the
European Union, to take the necessary steps in pressuring those
countries that are encouraging those Al Qaeda affiliated groups to
stop providing them with arms and money. Especially Turkey, which arms
and allows if not even provoke the free circulation of those groups,
despite its fake assurances about the contrary. The evidences are more
than obvious.
Yours sincerely,
Kaspar Karampetian
President,
European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy
_________________________
European Armenian Federation
for Justice & Democracy (EAFJD)
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+32 2 732 70 26/27
Ave. de la Renaissance, 10
Bruxelles, 1000
From: Baghdasarian
Commission VP
To: Catherine Ashton
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy,
Vice President of the European Commission
Brussels, 6 June, 2014
Dear Baroness Ashton,
>From the very beginning of the civil war in Syria, the Armenian
Community in Aleppo has suffered, big losses in lives, injuries and
properties, being in the center of the battleground between the Army
and the opposition forces. The situation has been deteriorated in the
last period, from the moment that in the area the main forces fighting
against the army are the Al Qaeda affiliated forces.
There is no doubt that those extremist opposition forces, are armed by
Turkey and entering from there, do not fight against the armed forces,
but basically their attacks are aimed against the population in the
cities and villages. Recently, they attacked the Armenian populated
town of Kessab, entering from Turkey, forcing the entire population to
evacuate the town and find shelter in the city of Latakia. During the
last days those forces entering again from Turkey are attacking
Aleppo, targeting basically the Armenian populated neighborhoods and
especially Nor Kyough.
As reported by news agencies as well, incessant rocket fire against
the Nor Kyough neighborhood, from the Al Qaeda affiliated forces, are
endangering the lives of the population and are causing massive
destruction. Armenian churches, schools, institutions, houses and
stores are in complete or partial destruction, making life unbearable
for the citizens of the town, thus causing a new wave of evacuation
towards Latakia, which is already overflowing with displaced Armenians
from the insurgence of the terrorist groups in Kessab early this
spring.
In view of this terribly inhuman situation the Emergency Relief Body
of Syrian Armenians (ERBSA) has declared the Armenian Nor Kyough
neighborhood in Aleppo a DISASTER ZONE.
Your Excellency,
Recently, on the 21st of March 2014, the Al Qaeda affiliated groups
attacked the town of Kessab on the borders of the Turkey and Syria,
thus forcing the entire population to evacuate it and find shelter in
the city of Latakia. Today they are attacking the Armenian populated
neighborhoods of Aleppo and sspecially Nor Kyough. If Turkey would not
encourage and even provoke those attacks, it would be very easy to
secure the borders and forbid the free circulation of these extremist
groups. On behalf also of our compatriots, citizens of the European
Union, we urge you, as the Head of the exterior relations of the
European Union, to take the necessary steps in pressuring those
countries that are encouraging those Al Qaeda affiliated groups to
stop providing them with arms and money. Especially Turkey, which arms
and allows if not even provoke the free circulation of those groups,
despite its fake assurances about the contrary. The evidences are more
than obvious.
Yours sincerely,
Kaspar Karampetian
President,
European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy
_________________________
European Armenian Federation
for Justice & Democracy (EAFJD)
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http://www.eafjd.eu/
https://twitter.com/eafjd
https://www.facebook.com/European.Armenian.Federation
+32 2 732 70 26/27
Ave. de la Renaissance, 10
Bruxelles, 1000
From: Baghdasarian