SERZH SARGSYAN LECTURED

syria
05:45 pm | March 23, 2010

President Serzh Sargsyan was invited to Syria’s oldest institutions
of higher learning-the University of Damascus on the second day of
his official visit to Syria. The RA President also met with Chairman
of the People’s Assembly of Syria Mahmud al-Abrash, discussed the
development of Armenian-Syrian inter-parliamentary relations and
cooperation within international organizations.

"Ahead of the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, I would
like to take the opportunity to express the sincere gratitude of the
Armenian nation to our Arab brothers, residents of Syrian cities and
villages who did not tolerate the crime against humanity and provided
refuge to Armenian refugee survivors of the crime perpetrated by the
Ottoman government.

I am certain that it was the same faith and feeling of dedication
to humanity that motivated the fraternal Syrian nation to extend
a helping hand to our nation at the most difficult period in our
history when hundreds of thousands of Armenians were deported from
their birthplace and driven to the deserts of Der Zor. The Armenian
people will never forget that," said Serzh Sargsyan.