YEREVAN. – Existence of the Armenian community in Syria has a history of about 1,000 years, said Giro Manoyan—Director of the International Secretariat of the Armenia’s opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party Bureau and Head of the Armenian Cause Office—during a press conference on Wednesday.  

In his words, no matter how hard the situation is in Syria, the country’s Armenian community has not become a target, albeit there were human losses. “The Armenian community is still in Syria and we need to assist them,” Manoyan stated. 

In his view, the Armenian government’s efforts to resolve the problems of Syrian Armenians are sufficient. “This [refers to] what is done in Armenia. [And] With respect to those [still] living in Syria, our government has done many things as well,” Giro Manoyan noted.   

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