Embassy of Armenia in Syria to consider all options for organizing evacuation in case of possibility

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. Currently there is no opportunity to organize an evacuation of Armenians in Syria, the Embassy of Armenia in Syria has said.

It said that the foreign ministry is closely following the situation and all options will be considered in the event of an opportunity of evacuation.

The embassy is open and maintains contact with Armenian citizens and Syrian authorities.

The Consul General of Armenia in Aleppo is now stationed in Damascus, where he arrived last week for a meeting in the Syrian Foreign Ministry and was unable to return.

The consul general and the consular department of the Armenian embassy are open and work in an emergency mode.

The embassy hotline is available at +963960003622.

Asked whether there are citizens of Armenia among those killed in the hostilities, the embassy said it has been unable to verify whether or not Yervand Arslanyan, the ethnic Armenian man killed on November 30 while trying to leave Aleppo, holds Armenian citizenship.

Meanwhile, the Armenian High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan told Armenpress that his office maintains contact with local Armenians in Syria to obtain information on their well-being and for possible support.

Up to 10,000 Armenians have appeared in rebel-controlled area in Aleppo, he said. 

The Armenians of Aleppo prefer to remain sheltered in their homes and there is no opportunity to organize an evacuation, Sinanyan said.