STRAINED SITUATION IN SYRIA NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY
Anna Balyan

“Radiolur”
02.06.2011 14:43

The strained situation in Syria negatively affects the national
minorities, particularly Armenians, expert of oriental studies Araks
Pashayan says.

“Syrian Armenians have expressed their support for the authorities,
since Bashar al Asad has implemented the mildest policy towards ethnic
and religious minorities,” Araks Pashayan told a press conference
today.

Although the Armenian community has no bases to think that their rights
will be violated should the power change, experts notice trends of
migration mostly to Beirut, the US and Canada.

As for Turkey’s mediating efforts in the Middle East, Pashayan says
the Arab countries have come to understand that Turkey thus aims
to weaken the Arab states and reinforce its positions rather than
establish stability in the region.