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CULTURE MINISTER: THOSE WHO COMMITTED MASSACRES AGAINST SYRIANS AND ARMENIANS ARE ONE AND THE SAME
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syria
April 8, 2015 Wednesday
Damascus, SANA- Minister of Culture Issam Khalil said that those who
committed the genocide in Armenia in the early twentieth century and
those involved in bloodshed in Syria in the 21st century are one and
the same.
During his meeting with Armenian ambassador in Damascus Arshak
Poladian on Wednesday, Minister Khalil said it's no coincidence that
the Ottomans committed the Armenian genocide in the past and now the
"neo-Ottomans" are supporting the terrorism which targets the Syrian
people; rather this shows the aggressive nature of the Ottomans that
seeks to exterminate civilized, peace-loving people.
He also pointed out that the Syrian and Armenian people are linked
by historical friendship and ties, and both of them suffered Ottoman
oppression, saying genocides are always committed by powers that
don't respect human standards or international laws and that carry
out agendas of colonialist states aiming at destroying Islamic and
Christian cultures in our region.
Khalil underlined the positive role of the Armenian people throughout
history and their deep-rooted culture, asserting that the Armenians
have the right to never forget the suffering they went through at
the hands of Ottomans.
In turn, Ambassador Poladian said that the Armenian people faced the
biggest catastrophe in history in an attempt to exterminate them,
noting that they have their right and the world must know about what
they went through and work so that such atrocities are never repeated
in the way they are repeated now by neo-Ottomans in Syria through
supporting terrorists and through their attempts to marginalize the
Armenian issue.
Ambassador Poladian presented to Minister Khalil an invitation from
Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan to attend the international
conference for dialogue of civilizations and culture exchange due to
be held in July in Armenia.
Qabas / Hazem Sabbagh
http://sana.sy/en/?p=35361
From: Baghdasarian
Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Syria
April 8, 2015 Wednesday
Damascus, SANA- Minister of Culture Issam Khalil said that those who
committed the genocide in Armenia in the early twentieth century and
those involved in bloodshed in Syria in the 21st century are one and
the same.
During his meeting with Armenian ambassador in Damascus Arshak
Poladian on Wednesday, Minister Khalil said it's no coincidence that
the Ottomans committed the Armenian genocide in the past and now the
"neo-Ottomans" are supporting the terrorism which targets the Syrian
people; rather this shows the aggressive nature of the Ottomans that
seeks to exterminate civilized, peace-loving people.
He also pointed out that the Syrian and Armenian people are linked
by historical friendship and ties, and both of them suffered Ottoman
oppression, saying genocides are always committed by powers that
don't respect human standards or international laws and that carry
out agendas of colonialist states aiming at destroying Islamic and
Christian cultures in our region.
Khalil underlined the positive role of the Armenian people throughout
history and their deep-rooted culture, asserting that the Armenians
have the right to never forget the suffering they went through at
the hands of Ottomans.
In turn, Ambassador Poladian said that the Armenian people faced the
biggest catastrophe in history in an attempt to exterminate them,
noting that they have their right and the world must know about what
they went through and work so that such atrocities are never repeated
in the way they are repeated now by neo-Ottomans in Syria through
supporting terrorists and through their attempts to marginalize the
Armenian issue.
Ambassador Poladian presented to Minister Khalil an invitation from
Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan to attend the international
conference for dialogue of civilizations and culture exchange due to
be held in July in Armenia.
Qabas / Hazem Sabbagh
http://sana.sy/en/?p=35361
From: Baghdasarian