Avet Adonts spoke about the main activities of Armenia`s Foreign  Ministry in the context of the coronavirus pandemic

ArmInfo. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Avet Adonts spoke about the main areas of activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the context of the  coronavirus pandemic.

Thus, on April 21, during a press conference, Adonts, presenting the  main directions, divided them into three areas:  RA citizens who are  abroad and want to return to their homeland, cargo transportation and  interaction with international partners.

Stressing that the citizens of Armenia have always been in the  spotlight of the Armenian authorities, he said that since mid-March  of this year, 22,000 RA citizens have been able to return home.  Moreover, the geography of returns, according to Adonts, is  different: including the United States, Russia and Angola. He added  that today 1283 RA citizens have expressed a desire to return home,  however, so far they have not been able to ensure their return and  the geography is large enough, somewhere a large group, somewhere  small, but work in this direction continues.

At the same time, he stated that in order to organize this process,  the Foreign Ministry closely interacts with the commandant's office  and the Armenian government. The deputy minister added that  sometimes, for objective reasons, the process of organizing the  return of citizens is complicated and delayed, however, all the  necessary efforts are made for their speedy return. He also added  that both the Foreign Ministry and Armenian diplomats abroad (more  than 200) since January, have been working in emergency mode, and in  this regard, he expressed gratitude to them for their activities.

Speaking about international cooperation, Adonts noted that thanks to  this activity, the necessary funds and medicines were imported into  the republic to fight a new type of coronavirus. He also thanked the  international donors and partners who had provided financial  assistance in acquiring a number of protective agents in the fight  against coronavirus.

He expressed gratitude to the Chinese partners for their assistance,  the United States, which allocated a total of about $ 1.7 million to  Armenia to fight coronavirus, and this is not counting the assistance  of the IAEA, as well as the UN, EU, partners from India, who have  already declared their readiness to provide important assistance with  medicines, as well as with neighbors - Georgia, Russia and Iran.