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Austria to support Syrian refugees in Armenia
20:56, 27 October, 2013
VIENNA- KUWAIT-YEREVAN, 27 OCTOBER, KUNA- ARMENPRESS: Austria declared
on Saturday offering euro 600,000 to Armenian Syrian refugees who fled
the violence at home to Armenia.
Repercussions of the Syrian crisis have reached as far as Armenia,
where some 9,000 Syrians have taken up refuge, Austrian Foreign
Minister Michael Spindelegger said in a statement. Half of the Syrian
refugees in Austria are children suffering from malnutrition, he
added. As reporps Armenpress citing KUNA news agency, Armenian
Government has asked Austria to help it secure housing, in addition to
other forms of aid, for the Syrian Armenian families that fled their
country, Spindelegger added. Austria has so far aided the Syrian
refugees with a total of euro 7.4 million. Number of Armenians in
Syria was estimated at 100,000 at start of the crisis.
Photo Austrian Foreign Ministry Flickr
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/737940/austria-to-support-syrian-refugees-in-armenia.html
From: A. Papazian
20:56, 27 October, 2013
VIENNA- KUWAIT-YEREVAN, 27 OCTOBER, KUNA- ARMENPRESS: Austria declared
on Saturday offering euro 600,000 to Armenian Syrian refugees who fled
the violence at home to Armenia.
Repercussions of the Syrian crisis have reached as far as Armenia,
where some 9,000 Syrians have taken up refuge, Austrian Foreign
Minister Michael Spindelegger said in a statement. Half of the Syrian
refugees in Austria are children suffering from malnutrition, he
added. As reporps Armenpress citing KUNA news agency, Armenian
Government has asked Austria to help it secure housing, in addition to
other forms of aid, for the Syrian Armenian families that fled their
country, Spindelegger added. Austria has so far aided the Syrian
refugees with a total of euro 7.4 million. Number of Armenians in
Syria was estimated at 100,000 at start of the crisis.
Photo Austrian Foreign Ministry Flickr
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/737940/austria-to-support-syrian-refugees-in-armenia.html
From: A. Papazian