YEREVAN. – Armenian Foreign Ministry is deeply concerned by the violence faced by Iraqi Yazidis, spokesperson Tigran Balayan wrote on Twitter.
“We share the concerns of Yazidis living in Armenia. Armenian missions abroad have instructions to closely cooperate with stakeholders on Iraqi Yazidis issue,” he tweeted.
Hundreds of Yazidis marched in Yerevan on Thursday and handed over letters to Russian and French ambassadors as well as to UN office and earlier to the ambassador of U.S.
According to various sources, more than 5,000 people are killed in the town so far, and thousands of others have been displaced.
