The Armenians and the Assyrians living in Austria organized a dinner reception for Osman Baydemir, mayor of Turkey’s Diyarbakir city, who had arrived in Vienna.

During the event, the Kurdish mayor recalled that Diyarbakir is as much the city of the Armenians and the Assyrians as it is of the Kurds.

At the reception, the Austrian-Armenian community representatives thanked Baydemir for the restoration of the Saint Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, the Turkish ILKA news agency reports.

In turn the mayor of Diyarbakir invited the Armenians to the city. Baydemir also noted that a museum is being created on one side of the church, and the cultural heritage of Diyarbakir Armenians will be displayed in this museum.