Foreign and Defense Ministers of Armenia discuss with NATO representative issues about Armenian humanitarian aid to Syria

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, ARMENPRESS. The NATO clearly understands the political and humanitarian incentives of Armenia for sending a humanitarian group to Syria, ARMENPRESS reports James Appathurai,NATO Secretary General's Special Representativefor theCaucasus and Central Asia said in a press conference on March 11.

“The NATO has no official position on this issue. We discussed that issue the Foreign and Defense Ministers of Armenia. I listened to their argumentation over the situation. We clearly understand the political and humanitarian incentives of Armenia to lend a helping hand to that community”, James Appathurai said.

A group consisting of humanitarian de-miners, doctors and specialists ensuring their safety, a total of 83 people, departed from Armenia for Syria’s Aleppo on February 8 aimed at providing professional humanitarian support to the locals.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan