President Serge Sarkisian made a press statement concerning the events in Kessab at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague. The President expressed his deep concern over the events in Kessab. “All of us perfectly remember the history of Kessab, which was unfortunately, full of hellish realities deportations in the last century,” said Sarkisian.
The President of Armenia reminded that the first scourge was back in April 1909 when the Turkish armed detachments invaded Kessab. The Armenians took shelter on the heights of Karadouran and on the coast. After setting Kessab on fire and plundering it, Turks made their way to Karadouran, burned and looted the houses of that district. A French ship transported Armenians to Latakia. After living in Latakia for one year, the population returned to Kessab and reconstructed their houses.
Sarkisian also recalled another date, 1915, when the Kessab population was deported during the Armenian Genocide. Armenians of Kessab were exiled in two directions: to Der Zor and to Jordan. Thousands died en route, the majority of whom in the desert of Der Zor.
“The third deportation of Kessab Armenians today is a serious challenge to ethnic minority rights’ protection mechanisms of the 21st century. I think everyone should realize these sobering parallels,” underlined Sarkisian.
The president thanked the Syrian authorities for the steps being taken to protect the Armenians in Kessab at this difficult moment.
“I have already instructed the diplomatic missions at the UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva to raise the issue of ensuring the security of the Armenians in Kessab and their safe return to their permanent places of residence at venues dealing with human rights and ethnic minorities,” said Sarkisian.
Also on March 24, the president had a discussion about the situation with the Catholicos Aram I.
Sarkisian said that the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Syria will embark on a series of measures to support the Armenians of Kessab.
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First World War Powers, France, Italy, Great Britain don’t remember secret Treaty of Sèvres anymore! This is one of the reasons, why Armenian Genocide does not have impact on them!
good job MR.President Serge Sarkisian this is another AEMENIAN GENOCIDE, must stop right now.
Shame on all Armenians who travel to turkey for whatever reason plus use turkish airlines and furthermore speak turkish in their homes and in other countries assuming that those barbarians are civilised.REALLY??
Do you care,search your souls.
I’M VERY MUCH INTERESTED ABOUT THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN SYRIA AND KESAB IN PARTICULAR. I HAVE SPENT MANY SUMMERS IN KESAB AS A TEENAGER VISITING MY GRANDMOTHER. THUS, HAVE DREAM LIKE UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES.
I hope one day an Armenian executive administration can be able to send aid and military units to Armenian areas under threat to save their kin. There is an ally Russian base not far from there, Armenia could have utilized it and gone in and moved the population and/or intervened in the conflict with a special unit.
If Israel has done it for decades and said F-you to international norms and kin for the safety of its kin then why can’t we? Making speeches that go nowhere. Call Erdogan tell him to insure the safety of the village, call the gulf states to regulate their funded armies.
Where is our assertiveness!?!?!!!
Sure,
As long as our Diaspora is FRAGMENTED,rather each entity on its own and those heading them feeling like RA Oli´s…nothing tangible can be expected from thedse..
We keep talking and remembering the Oli´s in ra, while our( BBB´s8accoridng ARA Baliozian Canadian writer philosohpher) meanign Bishops, Benefactors and bosses. nothign c an be achieved.latter are VERY MUCH CONCERNED WITH THEM POSITIONS.tHEY WILL NOT admit or wish New Blood New ideas fpor re-organizing the diaspora take effect.So ,either get involved, you and your gpood friends form PCA´s Professional Colleaggues aSSoc.(admitting dual membership) i.e., one could be partisan but also member of the PCA´´s or any other.Main drive is to form our VERTEBRAL COLUMN OF HIUMAND RESOURCES OF THESE NOWADAYS PROFESSIONALIZED YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED ARMENS WHO REALLY WISH TO HAVE THE DIASPORA ORGANIZED.THEN WE CAN FORGE AHEAD.After whoich start to think of ECONOMIC POWER!!! A NATIONAL INVESTMENT TRJUST FOUNDATION!!!!for then only can we direct our Mid East people with capital to glo settle in rA/Artskah in NEW TOWNSHIPS!!!! not taking the bread away from our local brethren there. Añll that I have planned over many yrs ..but who is liostening????????????????????????????????”
we need the armenian secret army to solve the problem of the armenian people.