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IS NO DIRECT THREAT TO ARMENIA - EXPERT
13:30 / 06.02.2015
The 2015 started hot in Armenia and outside of it, expert Armen
Petrosyan told the reporters on Friday. Speaking about the activity
of the Islamic State he said that this year it has already beheaded
three hostages and burnt alive the Jordanian pilot.
"The IS has elaborated activity both in Syria and Iraq. Unfortunately
we too suffered from their activity. The IS destroyed one of the
Armenian churches in Mosul. I do not though think that it was a step
against the Armenians. It is their attitude toward spiritual and
cultural institutions," he said.
As to whether the IS is a threat to Armenia, the expert stressed that
there is no direct threat to Armenia. "IS threatens the other states
having associates there, in this regard there is no threat to Armenia
as it does not have associates here," he stressed.
Petrosyan stressed that the western coalition set up to fight against
IS is just limiting its expansion but does not give fatal blows. "It
means that the IS will remain there and may expand in the Syrian
territory but not in Iraq," he said.
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13:30 / 06.02.2015
The 2015 started hot in Armenia and outside of it, expert Armen
Petrosyan told the reporters on Friday. Speaking about the activity
of the Islamic State he said that this year it has already beheaded
three hostages and burnt alive the Jordanian pilot.
"The IS has elaborated activity both in Syria and Iraq. Unfortunately
we too suffered from their activity. The IS destroyed one of the
Armenian churches in Mosul. I do not though think that it was a step
against the Armenians. It is their attitude toward spiritual and
cultural institutions," he said.
As to whether the IS is a threat to Armenia, the expert stressed that
there is no direct threat to Armenia. "IS threatens the other states
having associates there, in this regard there is no threat to Armenia
as it does not have associates here," he stressed.
Petrosyan stressed that the western coalition set up to fight against
IS is just limiting its expansion but does not give fatal blows. "It
means that the IS will remain there and may expand in the Syrian
territory but not in Iraq," he said.
http://nyut.am/archives/324733?lang=en