ARMENIA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY MUST PROTECT ETHNIC ARMENIANS OF KESSAB

By MassisPost
Updated: March 24, 2014

YEREVAN – The Social Democrat Hunchakian Party of Armenia issued a
statement asserting the Armenia’s Foreign Ministry should act and
protect ethnic Armenians living in Syria’s Kessab region that have
recently become the target of Turkish and Syrian rebel aggression.

The statement declares:

The Armenian community of Kessab and the surrounding region is in
danger of physical annihilation.

For several days now, dreadful events have been transpiring in Syria’s
heavily populated Armenian town of Kessab.

Turkey has violated all international laws and commitments having
opened fire at Armenian-populated villages in the Kessab region,
laying the groundwork for rebels to take over the region.

Kessab is located directly at the border of Syria and Turkey and is
the residence to thousands of Armenians, as well as host to community
and political institutions, schools and hospitals. For Turkey, Kessab
has always been a target, and the current tragic events within Syria
have created a basis for driving the majority ethnic Armenians out
of the region. Despite the ongoing tragic events in the region, the
Armenian Republic has not made statements on an international arena
on the issue.

The S.D. Hunchakian Party demands that the Armenian Foreign Ministry
immediately bring up, in all possible international levels, the
issue of hostilities towards and the displacement of Armenians in
the Kessab region and demand Turkey stop another genocidal attempt
of displacing Armenians.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress