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Published on August 22, 2007
YEZIDIZ OF ARMENIA CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP GENOCIDE OF YEZIDIS IN IRAQ
- 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.
- By Gohar Gevorgian
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