AGBU, ARF ready to help accommodate Syrian Armenians

October 15, 2012 – 19:12 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – 5 000 Syrian Armenians (1500 families) currently
reside in Armenia, RA Diaspora Minister said.

`500 children go to school, while the number of Syrian Armenian
students totals 200,’ Hranush Hakobyan said when briefing the outcomes
of 2012, naming employment as the main problem.

Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and Armenian Relief Society
(ARF) have expressed readiness to solve the accommodation problem for
those Syrian Armenians willing to reside in Yerevan’s neighboring
towns.