In the conversation with Aravot.am, the orientalist, who lived in Syria for two years, Artak Avetisyan, referring to the story of Boris Aghoyan, who moved from Syria to Armenia two years ago and works as a cardiologist in the hospital in the city of Talin, and being beaten by the relatives of Talin city mayor, half-jokingly and half-serious said, “Apparently, perhaps, there is no difference whom they beat, it could be me or a Georgian-Armenian doctor or another doctor instead of this Syrian-Armenian doctor, simply with the differences that is the one being beaten in an known person, not notable with anything, is not a person of distinguished circles, does not affiliate to certain wings, does not have a support or a backup, etc., this person can be beaten, regardless of whether he is immigrated from Syria, it does not matter that he has brought some equipment for Talin city. I, certainly, do not justify a man beating, but I think that in this case they were supposed to differentiate that he is a Syrian-Armenian and not to beat him.”
To our observation that the doctor had escaped unscathed from the wartime turmoil in Syria, now is beaten in the homeland, our interlocutor said, “Sometimes, our war veterans are beaten in our country, the wife of a war veteran was beaten to death, the value field in our country is so mixed up, whom and when caught is beaten, it is not only beating, they do more complex actions: plundering, seize the business… This has become an ordinary thing in our country, an Armenian ordinary classical reality.”
To our question of whether it would be wrong for the Syrian-Armenian doctor, who is going to leave Armenia, get packed, the orientalists said, “Frankly speaking, let him go, if he thinks that he is much better than the Armenian living in Armenia, who likewise is beaten in Syunik, Yerevan and everywhere in Armenia. If the Syrian-Armenian has come to Armenia and wants to live in Armenia, then he must live with our problems and our pain, tomorrow there might be firings on the Armenian border and we face a war, so he that has escaped the shootings there and has come here, should not go to war? Homeland is equal for everyone, if you have come here, so be ready to share the daily routine with the citizen of the homeland. If they think that they should be privileged in this country, then good-bye to everyone from the beginning to the end… What was required in the beginning was done, good people helped them to find job, in short as much as…”
You’re saying that it turns out that the Syrian-Armenian should understand where he has come, in response to our question, our interlocutor continued, “Of course, anyone must understand that if he had come to live… I’ve lived in Syria for two years, in the beginning I also had these kind of problems, there is a time when you make a mistake, or make a mistakes to the extent of that these are their traditions, in other words, you could not do such a thing, you cannot do it there but you can do it here… After that, he will quickly understand what to do, you will understand that one cannot displace the mayors’ cars, this is Armenia, you must endure, if needed you should wait for hours until the mayor has the kindness to do it, one should not go against the mayor, that’s for sure. ”
Nune AREVSHATYAN
