Friday, August 3 2018 16:39

ArmInfo. On August 3, the Yezidis of the world paid tribute to the memory of the thousands of Yezidis bestially killed by the Islamic State Terrorist Grouping in Iraq. On this occasion today, representatives of the Yezidi community and  public gathered at the monument eternalizing the memory of the Yezidi  people's innocent victims in Yerevan Ring- shaped Park, the press  service of the Armenian National Assembly informs. 

On the occasion of this day the Member of the Parliament Rustam  Makhmudyan presented the message President of the National Assembly  Ara Babloyan sent a message which reads as follows:.  "Dear Yezidis,  dear attendees,

Today once again we bow our heads before the memory of the innocent  victims perpetrated in 2014 towards the Yezidi people in the  territories of the Republic of Iraq being under the control of the  terrorist groupings.

On the fourth anniversary of that heinous crime, the Armenian people  and the authorities of Armenia not only express their support to the  brotherly Yezidi people, but also reaffirm their resoluteness to  continue the struggle for the condemnation and prevention of the  genocides.  It is terrible but almost after one century from the  Armenian Genocide a whole nation shared the destiny of the Western  Armenian and in its historical motherland had undergone to massacres  and deportation for national and religious belonging, as in 1915 when  in the Ottoman Empire the Yezidi settlements of Vaspurakan, Erzerum,  Mush, Kars and other provinces were emptied.  We had the same  destiny: we lost together Motherland, and in May 1918 we defended  Motherland in Sardarapat and Bash-Aparan and again built Armenia. It  is our common house, where all conditions have been created for the  welfare, development and preservation of national and cultural  identity of the Yezidis and other nations living in Armenia.

In fact, in 2014 Armenia was one of the first countries that  responded to Yezidi people's misfortune and demanded to undertake  practical steps to stopping this crime directed to the mankind in the  highest instances of the world.

And on 16 January 2018, the Parliament of the Republic of Armenia  recognized it as a genocide and expressing its solidarity to the  Yezidi people, demanded to persecute and investigate the occurred  crimes through the international structures, make accountable the  persons who have committed international crimes.

On behalf of the parliament of the Republic of Armenia and personally  me I express my support to the whole Yezidi people, share your grief  and bow before the memory of the thousands of the innocent victims.

I am hopeful that despite all ordeals the Yezidi people will continue  to live, develop and create."