ARMENIAN PATRIARCH RELAYS SYRIAN SUPPORT
The Daily Star
Oct 20 2009
Lebanon
BEIRUT: Orthodox Catholicos Patriarch Aram I Kishishian quoted on
Monday Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying that his country
would help Lebanon "overcome its crisis." Kishishian held talks with
Assad in Damascus on Monday. The two discussed Lebanese-Syrian ties,
and current developments on the regional scene in addition to issues
related to the Syria’s Armenian community. Kishishian saluted the
bilateral "brotherly ties" and cooperation between Lebanon and Syria
done in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust. Syria counts a
large Armenian community mainly based in the northern city of Aleppo.