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ALEPPO PLIGHT: RECENT ATTACKS ON ARMENIANS IN SYRIAN CITY VIEWED AS CONTINUATION OF GENOCIDE
News | 06.06.14 | 15:10
Hakob Cholakian (left) and Gagik Harutyunyan
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
According to scholars in Yerevan, the recent events in Aleppo are
continuation of the Armenian genocide and the Armenian community in
Aleppo faces extermination.
Images showing vast destruction in Aleppo's Armenian neighborhoods
appeared on the internet in recent days, causing great concern in
Armenia where thousands of Syrian nationals of Armenian origin have
taken refuge since hostilities began in their country in 2011.
On Friday at a meeting with reporters scientist, ethnologist from
Kessab Hakob Cholakian spoke about the situation in Syria saying that
during the three years of war the Armenian community in Aleppo suffered
most, especially in the suburban districts, where wealthy Armenians,
owners of factories lived.
"Nowadays Armenians are concentrated in three districts outside
of which there are no other Armenians because of three years of
migration. During the last few days another such district, Nor Gyugh,
was ruined. The state of Armenians in Aleppo is critical in terms of
both safety and livelihood, and at this most dangerous moment we are
silent, it's time to act," Cholakian said.
Noravank foundation director Gagik Harutyunyan said that in all the
countries where the Arab spring took place Christian sections suffered
particularly much, a cultural genocide took place.
"The Syrian war endangers our national safety because Azerbaijani
mercenaries and Turks are very active on the level of regular army
special services, we must be very careful about them," Harutyunyan
said adding that actions realized in the Middle East and in Syria
particularly are a direct threat to Armenian security.
"Descendants of Armenian genocide survivors live in the Middle East
and they are the bearers of Western Armenian culture and civilization
and in case of dissipation not only the physical safety of Armenians
but their civilization will be endangered."
Armenia has strongly condemned the bombardment of Aleppo and, in
particular, the city's Armenian-populated district of Nor Gyugh over
the past days, which has caused the loss of lives and destruction.
"We are convinced that the main precondition for progress in the
resolution of the Syrian crisis lies in immediate cessation of
violence," Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said
on Thursday, according to the Ministry's official website.
Earlier, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun),
a traditional Armenian party operating both in Armenia and its
far-flung Diaspora, also issued a statement condemning the rocket
attacks on the civilian population in the Syrian city that is home
to a sizable Armenian community.
http://armenianow.com/news/55025/armenia_syria_aleppo_armenian_neighborhoods_bombin gs
News | 06.06.14 | 15:10
Hakob Cholakian (left) and Gagik Harutyunyan
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
According to scholars in Yerevan, the recent events in Aleppo are
continuation of the Armenian genocide and the Armenian community in
Aleppo faces extermination.
Images showing vast destruction in Aleppo's Armenian neighborhoods
appeared on the internet in recent days, causing great concern in
Armenia where thousands of Syrian nationals of Armenian origin have
taken refuge since hostilities began in their country in 2011.
On Friday at a meeting with reporters scientist, ethnologist from
Kessab Hakob Cholakian spoke about the situation in Syria saying that
during the three years of war the Armenian community in Aleppo suffered
most, especially in the suburban districts, where wealthy Armenians,
owners of factories lived.
"Nowadays Armenians are concentrated in three districts outside
of which there are no other Armenians because of three years of
migration. During the last few days another such district, Nor Gyugh,
was ruined. The state of Armenians in Aleppo is critical in terms of
both safety and livelihood, and at this most dangerous moment we are
silent, it's time to act," Cholakian said.
Noravank foundation director Gagik Harutyunyan said that in all the
countries where the Arab spring took place Christian sections suffered
particularly much, a cultural genocide took place.
"The Syrian war endangers our national safety because Azerbaijani
mercenaries and Turks are very active on the level of regular army
special services, we must be very careful about them," Harutyunyan
said adding that actions realized in the Middle East and in Syria
particularly are a direct threat to Armenian security.
"Descendants of Armenian genocide survivors live in the Middle East
and they are the bearers of Western Armenian culture and civilization
and in case of dissipation not only the physical safety of Armenians
but their civilization will be endangered."
Armenia has strongly condemned the bombardment of Aleppo and, in
particular, the city's Armenian-populated district of Nor Gyugh over
the past days, which has caused the loss of lives and destruction.
"We are convinced that the main precondition for progress in the
resolution of the Syrian crisis lies in immediate cessation of
violence," Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said
on Thursday, according to the Ministry's official website.
Earlier, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun),
a traditional Armenian party operating both in Armenia and its
far-flung Diaspora, also issued a statement condemning the rocket
attacks on the civilian population in the Syrian city that is home
to a sizable Armenian community.
http://armenianow.com/news/55025/armenia_syria_aleppo_armenian_neighborhoods_bombin gs