Amo Sharoyan: To create Autonomous Republic of Shangal Yazidis under control of peacekeeping forces
“A genocide is taking place in the north of Iraq. The Yazidi people are being killed and the responsibility for this lies on the country where the genocide is taking place,” Amo Sharoyan, head of Midia Shangal, national union of Yazidis, told reporters on Wednesday.
He thanked the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic for its willingness to receive Yazidi refugees and added that Armenia also expressed its attitude to the genocide of Yazidis, saying that they are ready to help their Yazidi brothers.
Amo Sharoyan noted that the genocide continues, but the Yazidi units do not allow the armed groups to approach Yazidi settlements. According to him, several settlements have been liberated, but people are afraid to return to their homes.
“Now we want to create an Autonomous Republic of Shangal Yazidis under the control of peacekeeping forces,” Sharoyan concluded.