YEREVAN. – Armenia must keep an eye on the protection of the rights of Syria’s national minorities. 

Giro Manoyan, Head of the Political Affairs Bureau and the Armenian Cause Office of the Armenian opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, noted the aforesaid at a press conference on Monday.

Manoyan responded to a query as to what Armenia can do since it was not invited to the UN-backed Geneva II Conference on Syria.     

“It would have been good had Armenia participated in that conference as an interested party. [But] if this has not happened, we [i.e., Armenia] should at least follow so that the rights of Syria’s national minorities—specifically, the Armenians—are always considered in the talks,” the ARF Dashnaktsutyun official stated.