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David Tonoyan: I think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia will respond to the statement of the US Department

Arminfo, Armenia
Feb 13 2019
Naira Badalian

ArmInfo.Armenia's decision to send a humanitarian group to Syria was legitimate, and there can be no other opinion. Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan said this  on February 13 in an interview with journalists, commenting on the US  position on the issue of sending an Armenian humanitarian mission of  83 people to Syria.

"I think the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia will respond to the statement of the US Department," the Defense Minister said.According to the Armenian Defense Minister, there is some geopolitical contradiction with Washington's position  on this issue, but the support of Syria from Armenia, of which the  Armenian community is a part, is "invulnerable" from a moral point of  view and cannot cause any speculation in a way. 

Recall that on February 8 a group of Armenian specialists in  humanitarian demining, medical personnel and ensuring the safety of  the specialists themselves, in a total of 83 people, arrived in the  Syrian Arab Republic (Aleppo) to provide humanitarian specialized  assistance to the Syrian people. The day before, Armenian Defense  Minister David Tonoyan said that the humanitarian mission of Armenia  in Syria is carried out in accordance with the law. The Minister also  noted that if there are such circumstances, and if the need arises to  participate in military actions, then Armenia will certainly do it in  accordance with the law.

 "Of course, we will work with extra-parliamentary forces to make  such a decision," D.Tonoyan said.The US State Department reacted  rather negatively to sending a group of Armenian specialists to  Syria. The United States does not support any cooperation between  Armenia and Russia in a humanitarian mission in Syria. This is stated  in the statement of the US Department of State regarding the dispatch  of the Armenian humanitarian mission to Syria. The report,  transmitted by the US Embassy in Yerevan, notes that the US side  understands the desire of other countries to respond to the  humanitarian situation in Syria, and the US shares concerns about the  protection of religious minorities in the Middle East. 

"Nevertheless, we do not support any interaction with the Syrian  armed forces, regardless of whether it is about providing assistance  to civilians or is of a military nature. We also do not support any  cooperation between Armenia and Russia in this mission. Russia has  cooperated with the Assad regime, which killed civilians and caused a  humanitarian catastrophe. Russia in the global arena continues to  defend the Assad regime and its atrocities, "the US Department of  State noted, Aysor.am reports. 

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