Members of the Kurdish community in Armenia on Friday rallied outside the United Nations’ office, voicing calls upon the international community to condemn the violence against their compatriots in Syria.

With their slogans branding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a terrorist, the crowd was also urging for a strong reaction by the UN, considering the superpowers’ silence an attempt to back the Turkish aggression in Afrin.

“Those offensives were agreed with Russia; they are being conducted with the NATO military supplies and accompanied by the United Nations’ silence. And that contributes to the annihilation of many local civilians,” said Knyaz Hasanov, a Kurdish member of the Armenian National Assembly (ruling Republican Party).

The demonstrators later submitted a letter-complaint to Enoch Penney-Laryea, Security Advisor at the UN Country Office. who had joined the crowd to hear their concerns. He promised to pass the letter to the country coordinator.