On March 30 the news agency REGNUM reported that the lider of the Iraqi national diocese Paruir Hakobyan had stated the Armenians of Iraq prefer to leave for Iraqi Kurdistan because it is better there than in Nagorno Karabakh.
KarabakhOpen asked the pastor of the Iraqi Armenians Archbishop Avag Asatryan to comment on this information. Archbishop Avag Asatryan said: “Every Armenian dreams of living in Armenia and Artsakh, which is indivisible from it. We know about the patriotic feelings of Paruir Hakobyan, because we have been collaborating with him for a number of years now. Therefore, we do not think that Mr. Hakobyan would compare North Iraq with Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. We think he meant that for the people of Baghdad it is easier to get to Kurdistan than to Karabakh. The Armenians of Baghdad are not rich, and it is cheaper to stay in Iraq than to leave the country.”
Ara S. Ashjian
from Baghdad, Iraq for KarabakhOpen
http://www.karabakh-open.com/src/index.php?lang=en&nid=2885&id=3
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