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Armenian Deputy FM to Attend Opening of Consulate in Der-Zor

[ 2010/02/08 | 13:08 ] politics

RoA Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan will head a delegation to Syria on February 9-11 to participate in the next round of talks between the foreign ministries of the two nations.

While in Syria, Deputy FM Kirakosyan will attend the opening ceremonies of an ‘honorary’Armenian Consulate in Der Zor, a town in eastern Syria designated by the Young Turks as a destination point and final killing center for Armenians who survived the death marches in 1915. The desert contains a large number of mass graves. A memorial was dedicated on the site in 1990.

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