ARFD REPS, IRAQ’S PRESIDENT DISCUSS ISSUES OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 2 2007
YEREVAN, July 2. /ARKA/. Representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), ARFD Bureau member Mario Nalbandyan
and Representative of the ARFD Supreme body Armen Rustamyan met with
President of Iraq Jalal Talabani in Geneva, where they participate
in the session of the Socialist International Council.
The ARFD press service reported that during the meeting the
representatives of the "Dashnaktsiutiun" discussed issues connected
with the Armenian population in Iraq.
President Talabani promised to solve these problems consulting and
cooperating with the Armenian community.
At present 15ths Armenians live in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad,
Kerkut, Basra, as well in the territory of South Iraq, in the city
of Mosul.