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ARMENIA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER VIOLENCE AGAINST YAZIDIS IN IRAQ - ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S PRESS SECRETARY
YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. Armenia is deeply concerned with numerous
reports of casualties and violence against Yazidi population in
northern Iraq, says the statement by Armenian president's press
secretary Arman Saghatelyan.
Violence against any ethnic or religious minority and against Ezidis in
Iraq in particular is absolutely unacceptable, and the international
community should take measures to stop it and provide humanitarian
aid to those in need, the statement says.
Saghatelyan said Armenia's president instructed the foreign ministry
and the diplomatic missions to intensify their efforts for bringing up
the issue on the international stage in a proper and consistent manner.
The press secretary also said the president discussed increasing the
scope of Armenia's humanitarian aid with the premier.
Islamic State militants having fought in Syria till recently have
started attacking the northern and western regions of Iraq. Mass
executions, kidnappings, beheadings and other atrocities have been
reported during the group's bloody rampage through northern Iraq,
Reuters says. Kurdish and Iraqi forces assisted by US air strikes
have had some success in recent weeks reclaiming territory from the
militants, who have threatened to march on the capital Baghdad.
Barack Obama approved the first American air strikes since the end
of the occupation in 2011 earlier this month, saying the US could
not "turn a blind eye" to genocide. The attacks started as part of
humanitarian efforts to help thousands of trapped Yazidis flee Mount
Sinjar and have continued to help Kurdish and Iraqi forces drive back
the jihadists.
Yazidis are ethnical Kurdish, but with a different religion that is a
mix of paganism, ancient Hindu-Iranian beliefs, Judaism, Christianity
and Islam. A total of 60,000 Yazidis live in Armenia today. -0--
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YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. Armenia is deeply concerned with numerous
reports of casualties and violence against Yazidi population in
northern Iraq, says the statement by Armenian president's press
secretary Arman Saghatelyan.
Violence against any ethnic or religious minority and against Ezidis in
Iraq in particular is absolutely unacceptable, and the international
community should take measures to stop it and provide humanitarian
aid to those in need, the statement says.
Saghatelyan said Armenia's president instructed the foreign ministry
and the diplomatic missions to intensify their efforts for bringing up
the issue on the international stage in a proper and consistent manner.
The press secretary also said the president discussed increasing the
scope of Armenia's humanitarian aid with the premier.
Islamic State militants having fought in Syria till recently have
started attacking the northern and western regions of Iraq. Mass
executions, kidnappings, beheadings and other atrocities have been
reported during the group's bloody rampage through northern Iraq,
Reuters says. Kurdish and Iraqi forces assisted by US air strikes
have had some success in recent weeks reclaiming territory from the
militants, who have threatened to march on the capital Baghdad.
Barack Obama approved the first American air strikes since the end
of the occupation in 2011 earlier this month, saying the US could
not "turn a blind eye" to genocide. The attacks started as part of
humanitarian efforts to help thousands of trapped Yazidis flee Mount
Sinjar and have continued to help Kurdish and Iraqi forces drive back
the jihadists.
Yazidis are ethnical Kurdish, but with a different religion that is a
mix of paganism, ancient Hindu-Iranian beliefs, Judaism, Christianity
and Islam. A total of 60,000 Yazidis live in Armenia today. -0--
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