ArmInfo.Armenia will continue to fulfill its humanitarian mission in Syria. Armenian Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan stated this.
"Regarding our mission in Syria, I can unequivocally answer that yes. Actually, this is understandable, because the Syrian people today are at the forefront of countering world terrorism, and it is our duty, taking into account the residence of the many thousands of Armenian diaspora in the country, to provide them with every possible Our humanitarian mission, based on close cooperation with the Russian military, will certainly continue, and I must note that, even being in the very difficult conditions of the autumn conflict in our region, we have not suspended our activities in Syria, "the minister said in interview with RIA Novosti.
At the same time, he informed that the next rotation of personnel is planned to be carried out at the end of February.
Touching upon the participation of the Armenian side in other international missions, Harutyunyan informed that today 33 servicemen are involved in UNIFIL missions in Lebanon, and 1 serviceman in Mali. "During the period of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, we agreed to a significant reduction in the number of the national peacekeeping contingent carrying out the NATO mission in Afghanistan (from 121 to 58 servicemen) and in Kosovo (from 40 to 2 servicemen)," Harutyunyan concluded.