YEZIDIZ OF ARMENIA CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP GENOCIDE OF YEZIDIS IN IRAQ
By Gohar Gevorgian
AZG Armenian Daily
22/08/2007
The members of the Union of Yezidis Worldwide rallied in front of
the government of Armenia on August 21.
They urged Armenia to help prevent atrocities against Yezidis in
Iraq. On the same day the president of the union of Yezidis Aziz
Tamoyan spoke about the genocide of his compatriots in Iraq in a news
conference at the Pastark Club. The Yezidis have also sent a letter
to the U.S. President George Bush and asked him to grant sovereignty
to Yezidis in Iraq under the aegis of the United States. They have
also made calls for help to the Russian president Vladimir Putin,
the prime minister of the U.K, Brown, the Armenian president Robert
Kocharyan and "all the humanists of the world."
Aziz Tamoyan says in Iraq the Kurds want to displace Yezidis from
North Iraq and live in their land.
According to Aziz Tamoyan, it is the joint project of the governments
of Kurdistan and Iraq.
As for the coming presidnetial elections in Armenia, Aziz Tamoyan
called the Yezidi community of Armenia to support Prime Minister Serge
Sargsyan, the leader of the Republican Party.Tamoyan said Sargsyan
is not only a devotee of the nation but also conducts a balanced
policy on ethnic minorities. Therefore Aziz Tamoyan said the Yezidi
community will support Serge Sargsyan.
In Armenia the Yezidis are thought to count 60 thousand. It is
notable that during the parliamentary election the Yezidi community was
divided because one part supported Samvel Babayan, while the other part
supported Tigran Karapetyan. Aziz Tamoyan supported Samvel Babayan.