Armenian FM: Our priority is safety of our compatriots in Syrian issue

Emil Lazarian 2019
News.am, Armenia
Sept 6 2019
Armenian FM: Our priority is safety of our compatriots in Syrian issue Armenian FM: Our priority is safety of our compatriots in Syrian issue

13:58, 06.09.2019
                  

The situation around Syria is a very sensitive issue for Armenia, and the humanitarian mission emphasizes this, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told reporters on Friday.

According to the FM, the approaches in this matter are based on sovereignty and national interests.

“We are not trying to please someone. The humanitarian mission proceeds from the goals declared by us,” the minister said noting the existence of realities with which to reckon and conduct dialogue with partners.

He highlighted the importance of deepening relations with partners: Iran, Georgia, the US. Comparison of interests is a challenge for foreign policy, and an in-depth dialogue with all partners is necessary, the minister noted.

“We are guided by the principle of security of our compatriots in the Syrian issue,” the Foreign Minister noted.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS