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ARMENIA ACCOUNTABLE OF KESSAB'S ARMENIAN DEPOPULATION?
March 26, 2014 | 12:26
YEREVAN. - Armenia should have intervened in the Syrian conflict much
earlier and helped the large local Armenian community, since it had
such chances numerous times.
Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Board Secretary Stiopa Safaryan
stated the aforementioned at a press conference on Wednesday.
"Armenia could and should have taken [relevant] steps years ago. Of
course, I can't say that Armenia would have made a difference, but
it had the chance to help the Armenians there.
"The [Armenian] government, on the other hand, spoke about the Syrian
Armenians [solely] one or two times, rendered a small assistance
[to them], and that's all," he said.
Safaryan expressed a conviction that Syria's predominantly
Armenian-populated town of Kessab was devoid of its Armenian population
because of Armenia's silence.
"When the whole world was talking about the hired killers, Armenia
was silent. When the whole world was talking about terrors, Armenia
didn't get involved yet again. And now, when entire Kessab became
devoid of its Armenians, Armenia began talking just now," Heritage's
member stated.
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. On Monday, a group
of Armenian parliament members headed to Latakia.
http://news.am/eng/news/200901.html
March 26, 2014 | 12:26
YEREVAN. - Armenia should have intervened in the Syrian conflict much
earlier and helped the large local Armenian community, since it had
such chances numerous times.
Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Board Secretary Stiopa Safaryan
stated the aforementioned at a press conference on Wednesday.
"Armenia could and should have taken [relevant] steps years ago. Of
course, I can't say that Armenia would have made a difference, but
it had the chance to help the Armenians there.
"The [Armenian] government, on the other hand, spoke about the Syrian
Armenians [solely] one or two times, rendered a small assistance
[to them], and that's all," he said.
Safaryan expressed a conviction that Syria's predominantly
Armenian-populated town of Kessab was devoid of its Armenian population
because of Armenia's silence.
"When the whole world was talking about the hired killers, Armenia
was silent. When the whole world was talking about terrors, Armenia
didn't get involved yet again. And now, when entire Kessab became
devoid of its Armenians, Armenia began talking just now," Heritage's
member stated.
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. On Monday, a group
of Armenian parliament members headed to Latakia.
http://news.am/eng/news/200901.html