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    RALLY URGES MORE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SYRIAN-ARMENIANS SEEKING TO RELOCATE
    Narek Alexanyan

    hetq
    16:32, July 19, 2012

    Syrian-Armenians and their supporters rallied today in front of the
    Government Building in Yerevan calling for greater assistance on
    a national level to those Armenians fleeing Syria and wishing to
    relocate in Armenia.

    Saying that they expected more from the Armenian government,
    the Syrian-Armenians pointed out that, on the contrary, they have
    encountered a number of obstacles.

    A group calling itself the Hayazn Civic Organization claimed that
    the Armenian government has done precious little to facilitate the
    relocation of Syrian-Armenians in Armenia.

    The organization also criticized Armavia Airlines for seeking to
    exploit the situation by hiking airline ticket prices on its Aleppo
    to Yerevan flights.

    Hayazn representatives Armen Lazarian and Davit Khosrovyan
    handed a letter to government officials voicing their concerns
    about the inadequacies of the government regarding the plight of
    Syrian-Armenians.

    The protestors then marched to the Ministry of the Diaspora and the
    Foreign Ministry to voice their concerns.

    One Syrian Armenian, Antranig Vartanian, told reporters at the scene
    that Armenia had an obligation not only to those seeking to relocate
    but to the Syrian Armenian community as a whole.


    From: Baghdasarian
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