ArmInfo.Armenia, given temporary asylum to dozens of refugees from Syria and Iraq, can receive a special status of safe territory, which considers also financial support from the international donor organizations.
As Armenian Voice service informs, the Armenian-American Friendship Group of the Us Congress and the Office of «Hay Date» in the United States.
Armenian National Committee of America Aram Director Aram Ambaryan is sure that Armenia fits in a best way to criteria of safe territory special status. «Armenia is a country, which survived Genocide, Armenians in their territory lived like refugees and in this context it is important that Yerevan opened doors to the refugees from Middle East», Ambaryan said. According to him, the implementation of the program comes from the interests of the refugees and Armenia, and international society. .
This will become huge contribution in peace providing and balance process, as well as the refugees» wellness. 40 mln USD, spent in Armenia, will give double result as the acceptance of so many refugees to USA and Europe will be much more expensive», Ambaryan said.
In his turn, Armenian American Friendship Group co chairman Frank Pallone thinks that Armenia, which is in a hard financial situation, nevertheless, accepted the refugees and deserves help. «We call out the Appropriations Committee to give 40 mln USD to make Armenia safe zone. These sums should be given to Armenian Government to help the refugees», he said.
At that, Armenian Ambassador to USA Griigor Hovhannisian noted that now there are over 25 thousand refugees in the Republic, came from the Middle East. «This evidences that Armenia is among the countries which accepted maximum number of refugees per capita. Armenian peculiarity is that it is ready to give Syrian refugees the opportunity to constant migration which makes Armenia particular country», the Ambassador stressed.