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Hranush Hakobyan expects support from RCIC to move Kessab-Armenians from Vaqif

Hranush Hakobyan expects support from RCIC to move Kessab-Armenians from Vaqif

YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS.  By the invitation of the acting Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia Hranush Hakobyan, the Head of the Armenian delegation of the Red Cross International Committee Sarah Epprecht was in the Ministry on April 18.

 The Department of Mass Media and Public Relations of the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia informed Armenpress that at the course of the meeting Hranush Hakobyan   introduced Sarah Epprecht the situation created around Kessab-Armenians. She underscored that 38 elderly and disabled people who were unable to escape, were taken hostage. 22 of them are in the sole Armenian Vaqif village in Turkey.

Hranush Hakobyan noted that according to reliable information they ask to move them from Turkey to join their relatives.




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