The visiting Armenian delegation stresses solidarity with Syria against terrorism
DAMASCUS – President of the Armenian-Syrian Friendship Association Tachat Vardapetyan voiced the Armenian people’s solidarity with the people of Syria who have been fighting terrorism for over four years now.
Vardapetyan was speaking during a meeting of the Association’s delegation with Speaker of the People’s Assembly Mohamamd Jihad al-Laham on Wednesday.
Terrorism, he said, is an evil threatening the entire world, and the international community should unify its efforts to fight it.
He expressed deep gratitude for Syria as it has “embraced the Armenians a hundred years ago” who were killed or displaced during the 1915 genocide committed against them by the Ottomans.
He wished that peace would prevail in Syria once again, hoping that the Syrian people come to solving their problems by themselves through national dialogue.
Speaker al-Laham highlighted during the meeting the scale of Turkey’s involvement in supporting the terrorist organizations fighting in Syria along with other countries.
He stressed that developing Syria’s relations with Armenia is a top priority, which he said would better serve the interests of the people of the two countries and strengthen their position and stability politically and economically.
The delegation, which includes senior members of the Armenian Parliament in addition to Association members, began yesterday a three-day visit to Syria.
Upon the delegation’s arrival at Jdaidet Yabous border crossing point with Lebanon, Vardapetyan expressed stern condemnation of the terrorism targeting Syria, hoping that Syria will overcome this terrorism in the near future.
Later yesterday, the delegation met with members of the National Reconciliation, Arab and Foreign Affairs, and Public Liberties and Human Rights Committees at the People’s Assembly.
SANA