MARCH 25. Forty Armenian families from Iraq arrived in Armenia before the military operations, the orientalist, former Ambassador of Armenia to Syria David Hovhannessian stated at the seminar “The influence of the conflict in Iraq on international relations and specifically on the Caucasian region and Armenia” held at the Caucasian Institute of Mass Media. He reported the information that several hundred Armenian families left Iraq doe other countries, primarily Syria and Lebanon. According to Hovhannissian, the Armenian community in Iraq, which numbers 15-20 thousand people (unverified information) has a high education level and plays its role in the country’s state and public structures. There are nine Armenian churches, benevolent organizations, schools and libraries in Iraq. Hovhannissian welcomed the Armenian Government’s decision to take measures to receive Armenian refugees from Iraq, calling it “belated as usual.”
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