Twelve tribal leaders of Syria arrive in Yerevan
28.03.2005 14:31
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – A delegation comprised of the leaders of 12 Arab
tribes inhabiting in northeastern Syria, accompanied by
representatives of the Armenian Church’s Beria Prelacy, arrived in
Yerevan on Monday, ARF press service reported.
Armenian National Assembly’s ARF faction secretary Hrair Karapetian
and ARF Bureau’s Hai Dat and Political Affairs Office director Kiro
Manoyan met the honorable guests at Yerevan’s Zvartnotz airport.
The influential tribal leaders, some of whom reside in Saudi Arabia,
Jordan, Iraq and Qatar, are in Armenia to take part in the events
commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, pay
tribute to the Genocide victims and once again remind the world of the
vicious crime, the perpetrators of which are still trying to deny it.
Their hospitable ancestors gave refuge to the fragments of the
Armenians who had miraculously survived in the Genocide; today, many
of those Armenians and their heirs still live side-to-side with the
friendly Arab people and enjoy equal rights.
The trip was organized by the Armenian community of Aleppo. The
delegation is set to meet with the Armenian Catholicos, National
Assembly leadership, Armenia’s prime minister, government ministers,
politicians and the Yerevan State University professors.
March 28, the delegation members will be received by Armenian Foreign
Minister Vardan Oskanian and later by Yerevan Mayor Yervan Zakharian.
The delegation members will also pay visits to the Tsitsernakaberd
Memorial, Matenadaran, and Armenia’s popular sites. A news conference
will be held upon the completion of the trip.
The delegation is comprised of the following tribal leaders: Udey al
Ghasi of Al Shumar tribe; Fayez el Ghubein of Al Anaze tribe; Abdel
Uahab Isa Suleiman of Bakard el Jabal tribe; Muhammad al Tai bin Abdel
Razak of Al Tay tribe’s second branch; Hlu el Hlu of Aduan tribe;
Hasan Obeid el Khalil of Harp tribe; Abdel Karim Obeid of Harp tribe’s
second branch; Khalil Abud Zhdghan of Ogeidad tribe and a member of
the Syrian parliament; Muhammad Mslad of Chbur tribe and a member of
the Syrian parliament.