{"id":58288,"date":"2021-04-25T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=58288"},"modified":"2021-04-25T20:03:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T20:03:56","slug":"armenian-council-in-northeast-syria-bidens-declaration-a-blessed-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/58288\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian council in northeast Syria: Biden&#8217;s declaration \u201ca blessed move\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) <\/strong>\u2013 The Armenian Social Council in northeast Syria\u2019s Hasakah welcome the historic decision of US President Joe Biden, who on Saturday officially recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arif Qesebiyan, head of the Armenian Social Council, said, \u201cIt\u2019s very nice\u2026we see it as a blessed thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that she hopes that all countries will eventually take the same step and recognize not only the genocide of the Armenians, but all massacres committed by the Ottoman Empire, including massacres of the Romani, Syriac, Assyrian, and Kurdish peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nubar Melkonyan, an historian and teacher of the Armenian language, told North Press that \u201cJoe Biden\u2019s decision for recognition was a good thing,\u201d and stated that \u201cthe truth cannot be hidden\u201d regarding the massacres by the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not enough for us,\u201d he added, explaining that the Turkish state, the Ottoman Empire\u2019s predecessor, continues to commit massacres against other peoples including the Kurds, and that states should recognize these massacres and pressure Turkey to stop them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He concluded that, &#8220;We were forced to forget our culture, language and history, and our goal is to restore it and reunite the Armenian diaspora.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe reject this as Armenian society, as Armenian people. 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