Prime Minister of Armenia Receives Representatives of Assyrian Communities of Different Countries

YEREVAN: On April 25, PM of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan received representatives of Assyrian communities of different countries, government’s press service told Armenpress. Welcoming the guests, the PM said: "I want to assure that the government will do everything possible enabling the Assyrian community to feel at ease in Armenia. All the issues of the community will be in the focus of our attention so that you manage to arrange your spiritual and cultural life in our country without any obstacle." Tigran Sargsyan said that in the running year the government has doubled the financial support provided to the Assyrian community every year.

The representatives of the Assyrian communities expressed gratitude to Armenia’s authorities for assisting in opening of a monument to innocent victims of Assyrian people in Yerevan and keeping the issues of the Assyrian community in the center of its attention.

Assyrian community representatives asked for the Prime Minister’s support for organization of the congress of the Assyrian Universal Alliance in Yerevan in autumn, and received the affirmation of the head of the government.

Source: ARMENPRESS