ARMENIAN FM: ATTACK ON KASAB AIDED BY ERDOGAN, SIT-IN OUTSIDE US EMBASSY IN YEREVAN
Fars News Agency, Iran
April 3 2014
TEHRAN (FNA)- Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said the
terrorist groups that attacked Kasab area in Lattakia countryside had
sneaked across the Turkish border, aided and abetted by Erdogan-led
government.
Armenia has been doing its utmost to ensure the interests of
compatriots in Syria, ITAR-TASS quoted the Armenian FM as saying.
“We praise Russia’s reaction to the events,” Nalbandian said.
Russia on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal acts of terrorist
groups in Syria, stressing that the “UN Security Council should discuss
the massacre against Armenians in Kasab town in Lattakia and give a
preliminary assessment. ”
“About 120,000 ethnic Armenians live in Syria – in Kasab and other
areas. Armenians have been forced to leave Kasab and are temporarily
staying in Lattakia. About 70-80 families have found shelter in
churches,” he added.
Terrorist groups overran last week the Armenian-populated Kasab city
in Lattakia countryside, backed by the government of the Turkish
Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Armenians call on US Administration to condemn Erdogan’s support to
terrorists in Kasab
Meanwhile, scores of Armenian citizens staged a sit-in outside
the US Embassy in Yerevan, calling on US administration to condemn
the support offered by Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the
terrorist groups in Syria in general, and in Kasab in particular.
“We came here to express our concern over the painful events in Kasab
and we are waiting for Washington to clearly condemn behaviors of
Turkey, the member of NATO,” one of the participants in the sit-in
told Journalists.
Syrian citizens from Kasab participated in the sit-in, briefing the
US Deputy Ambassador there on the events in Kasab, explaining to him
the military support offered by Erdogan’s government to the terrorist
groups who attacked Kasab and perpetrated the crimes against civilians
in the city.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress