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European Assyrian Federations Send Letter to EU's Foreign Minister
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Brussels (AINA) -- Five Assyrian national federations in Europe sent a letter this week to Baroness Catherine Ashton, High representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, urging her to help in securing a future for Assyrians and Yazidis in Iraq.

In their letter the Assyrian federations of Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden and the Netherlands called for immediate political and humanitarian aid to the affected minority groups, focusing on the need to establish the Nineveh plain of northern Iraq as an autonomous region.

The Assyrian federations of Europe have lobbied their respective governments for more support to Assyrians in Iraq and are increasing their efforts by collectively targeting the representatives of the European Union.

More than half a million Assyrians are estimated to live in the EU with the largest communities being in Sweden and Germany.



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