Tweet
HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES CREATE OBSTACLES FOR SYRIAN-ARMENIANS
tert.am
19.07.12
The Armenian authorities have adopted official policies to create
obstacles for the Syrian-Armenians wishing to travel to their homeland
amid the mounting crisis, the paper says commenting on the increased
air fares on the Yerevan-Aleppo flights.
It has quoted Tevos Nersisyan, a spokesperson at the Ministry of
Diaspora, as saying that they do not wish the country's Armenian
community to split apart.
"Officials from other government agencies have said the same
non-officially. with different hints and wordings. That's to say,
the authorities are not, mildly speaking, enthusiastic about the plan
to host the Syrian-Armenians. And this happens amid the increasing
emigration from Armenia. It turns out the Diaspora-Armenians are
important for us only for sending transfers, visiting Armenia for
a couple of days to see Ararat and hire extremely expensive rooms
in hotels belonging to officials and justify the existence of the
Ministry of Diaspora," comments the paper.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
tert.am
19.07.12
The Armenian authorities have adopted official policies to create
obstacles for the Syrian-Armenians wishing to travel to their homeland
amid the mounting crisis, the paper says commenting on the increased
air fares on the Yerevan-Aleppo flights.
It has quoted Tevos Nersisyan, a spokesperson at the Ministry of
Diaspora, as saying that they do not wish the country's Armenian
community to split apart.
"Officials from other government agencies have said the same
non-officially. with different hints and wordings. That's to say,
the authorities are not, mildly speaking, enthusiastic about the plan
to host the Syrian-Armenians. And this happens amid the increasing
emigration from Armenia. It turns out the Diaspora-Armenians are
important for us only for sending transfers, visiting Armenia for
a couple of days to see Ararat and hire extremely expensive rooms
in hotels belonging to officials and justify the existence of the
Ministry of Diaspora," comments the paper.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress