YEREVAN, MARCH 4, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador of Armenia to Syria Tigran Gevorgyan met with Governor of Aleppo Hussain Diab on March 2.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the MFA Armenia, greeting the Armenian Ambassador, Hussain Diab highly assessed the balanced policy of Armenia, as well as the huge humanitarian assistance during the years of war. He particularly emphasized the fact that Armenia is the only country that preserved 2 diplomatic representations in Syria, one of which, the General Consulate of the Republic of Armenia, operates in Aleppo.

Ambassador Gevorgyan underlined that the Armenian people are always ready to help the brotherly Syrian people, a brilliant proof of which is the arrival of the specialized humanitarian mission to Aleppo.

The interlocutors discussed the situation of the Armenian community in Aleppo. The Governor assured that the self-government bodies of Aleppo pay a special attention to the issues of Aleppo-Armenians.

On the same day Ambassador Gevorgyan met with the religious and secular leadership of the Armenian community in Aleppo. The Consul General of Armenia in Aleppo Armen Sargsyan, member of the Syrian parliament Zhirayr Reisyan, the leader of the Berio Diocese His Eminence Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, the head of the Armenian Evangelical community Harutyun Selimyan and the leaders of Aleppo Armenian community institutions were present at the meeting.

The Ambassador noted that Armenia attaches great importance to the close cooperation with Diaspora-Armenian institutions. Tigran Gevorgyan assured that the diplomatic representations of Armenia are ready to provide comprehensive support to the Armenian community in Syria.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan