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Catholicos Aram I meets with UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura

| 16:55 | September 8 2017
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Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I had a meeting on September 7 with Staffan de Mistura, United Nations special envoy for the Syria crisis in the UN headquarters.

During the 1 hour long meeting the sides discussed the current situation in Syria.

Attaching importance to the gradual establishment of peace in Syria, the Catholicos touched upon the liberation of Deir ez-Zor, reminding its great significance for Armenians as the last point of massacres during the genocide committed against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.

The sides also discussed the Syrian-Armenian community and actions for restoring the community.

This meeting was the 4th official meeting between Catholicos Aram I and Staffan De Mistura.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS
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