Mnatsakanyan: Armenia will continue to render assistance to Syria  exclusively in humanitarian aspect

ArmInfo.For Armenia, the issues related to the situation in Syria are extremely important. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan told a press conference  in Yerevan on September 11.

At the same time, he stressed that this is caused not only by  regional processes, but also by the threat that hangs over Syrian  Armenians. Mnatsakanyan recalled that the Consulate General of  Armenia in Aleppo did not cease its activities during the whole  crisis in Syria and tried to render all possible assistance to  compatriots who found themselves in a difficult situation. "It is not  for the first time, Armenia has been rendering humanitarian  assistance to our Syrian brothers, we have already sent several  humanitarian supplies with the assistance of the Russian side, and we  will continue to render assistance to Syria exclusively in the  humanitarian aspect," Mnatsakanyan summed up.

Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenia  and Russia will soon implement a joint humanitarian program in Syria. 

He added that this would be a fully humanitarian program that would  not include any military component.  Later it became known about the  sending of Armenian sappers and military doctors to Syria to  participate in a joint humanitarian operation with Russia.