Members of the Armenian Community Council in the city of Hesekê, civil society organizations and members of the Military Council, as well as many tribal leaders attended the opening ceremony.

The ceremony started with a minute’s silence, and Deir ez-Zor Armenian Community Council president Mihemed El-Ilewi said: "Due to the brutality of the Ottoman state, Armenians migrated from this region and from many parts of Anatolia to different parts of the world 107 years ago."

Mihemed El-Ilewi thanked the people of Deir ez-Zor for helping the Armenian people who came to the region and said: "The Armenian people have not forgotten the help of the people of Deir ez-Zor."

El-Ilewi continued: “Your presence here gives morale to all Armenian citizens in Syria in general and all Armenians in Northern and Eastern Syria in particular.” He thanked the Autonomous Administration for their hard work in opening the council.

Zaim Al Mehmud, spokesman for the Syrian Future Party, said: "There is no difference between the components of the region, we are all united against projects that undermine social cohesion."

Deir ez-Zor Civil Assembly Women's Committee member Hind El-Ehmed said: "The opening of the Armenian Social Assembly in Deir ez-Zor reinforces the fraternity of the people after the region's liberation from ISIS."