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FIRST CHARTER FLIGHT WITH HUMANITARIAN AID FOR SYRIAN ARMENIANS DUE IN LATE SEPTEMBER
/ARKA/
18 September, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, September 18. / ARKA /. The first charter flight with
humanitarian aid for Syrian Armenians will be made in all likelihood
at the end of September, Vahan Hovhanesian, a senior member of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) said today.
He said the humanitarian aid was collected by ARF and some other
Armenian NGOs which are now in talks with both parties to the conflict
in Syria to ensure the safe landing of the aircraft. According to him,
although most of Armenians in Syria are well off people, the community
has also low-income members, whose situation is deteriorating day
after day.
"Today the duty of Armenia and its citizens is to consolidate all
forces and make Armenians who have chosen to stay in Syria feel we
are thinking of them,» he said.
A former MP from ARF, Lilit Galstyan, said that the Armenian Diaspora
of Syria feels the shortage of food and medicines. According to the
Armenian ministry of Diaspora, there are about 2,000 Armenians from
Syria in Armenia.
/ARKA/
18 September, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, September 18. / ARKA /. The first charter flight with
humanitarian aid for Syrian Armenians will be made in all likelihood
at the end of September, Vahan Hovhanesian, a senior member of the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) said today.
He said the humanitarian aid was collected by ARF and some other
Armenian NGOs which are now in talks with both parties to the conflict
in Syria to ensure the safe landing of the aircraft. According to him,
although most of Armenians in Syria are well off people, the community
has also low-income members, whose situation is deteriorating day
after day.
"Today the duty of Armenia and its citizens is to consolidate all
forces and make Armenians who have chosen to stay in Syria feel we
are thinking of them,» he said.
A former MP from ARF, Lilit Galstyan, said that the Armenian Diaspora
of Syria feels the shortage of food and medicines. According to the
Armenian ministry of Diaspora, there are about 2,000 Armenians from
Syria in Armenia.