YEREVAN. – An official told 169 Zham daily that he has found himself in an unpleasant situation by renting his apartment to a Syrian-Armenian family, the daily reports.  

“The Syrian-Armenian family refused to pay the pre-determined amount, and when he demanded that they vacate the apartment, the Syrian-Armenian family applied to the Ministry of Diaspora. They called him from there and warned that if he does not leave this family alone, they will publicize his name as a nation traitor and a soulless person who wants to evict people in misfortune from his apartment. The official informed that he may lose his job, and that is why he decided to anonymously complain.     

If the problem of one or several families is solved in this way, hundreds of other [such] families could be deprived of the opportunity to find housing [in Armenia], since the proprietors now avoid renting real estate to Syrian Armenians,” 168 Zham writes.