ORIENTALIST: SECURITY OF KESSAB’S ARMENIANS IS FULLY ENSURED WITHIN THE SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK
Tuesday, June 17, 17:37
The security of Kessab’s Armenians is fully ensured within the
short-term outlook, Ruben Safrastyan, Head of the Institute of
Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, said at
a press conference on Tuesday.
“I think the Armenians of Keesab will start returning home now. The
militants have destroyed the town but it can be restored”, said the
expert. He thinks that one cannot speak of long-term security, because
if the power in Syria weakens, Turks will not miss the chance to get
to Northern Syria via Latakia and to get the opportunity to control
the Mediterranean coast.
Safrastyan thinks that Ankara has failed to carry out the given plan
due to the protests and condemnation of the Kessab developments by
the international community.
To recall, on June 15 the Syrian governmental troops liberated the
Aermenian-populated town of Kessab seized by the armed Islamists on
21 March 2014.