Armenia’s mission to Syria of humanitarian nature only: acting PM

Armenia’s government aims at assisting the Armenian community in Syria’s Aleppo, acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan said, asked about the decision to send Armenian military contingent to Syria.

He stressed that it is exclusively a humanitarian mission aimed at assisting the local Armenian community.

“The initiative had been discussed both with the Syrian-Armenian community, Armenian public and Russia. Discussions took place during which a decision was made to have our contribution to the normalization of life of Armenians in Aleppo,” Pashinyan said.

“We had concerns regarding the right perception of our mission in Syria by our international partners, but I can state now that we have reached final understanding, and all our partners treat our wish to help our compatriots in Syria with understanding. We will implement our mission according to its description not more or less,” Pashinyan said.