ArmInfo.NATO did not express a position on the issue of sending Armenia a humanitarian mission to Syria. The special representative of the NATO Secretary General in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, stated this on March 11 at a press conference in Yerevan.
However, he stressed that the reaction of the North Atlantic Alliance will not be in the future. At the same time, Appatruai informed that he had discussed this issue during today's meeting with the Minister of Defense of Armenia. "I heard an analysis of the reasons for sending the Armenian side of the humanitarian mission to Syria. You know about the position of the United States and other states on this issue. We clearly understand the causes and humanitarian aspirations based on which the Armenian side acted," Appathurai said.
Recall that on February 8, the humanitarian mission of Armenia, consisting of 83 people, began its work in Aleppo; it is entrusted with the task of demining outside the combat zone, mine awareness of the population and providing medical assistance to the residents of Aleppo.
The US embassy issued a statement by the US State Department, in which Washington criticized this move by Yerevan. The statement also notes that Washington does not support cooperation between Armenia and Russia in the implementation of this mission. Moscow, on the contrary, highly appreciated this step of Yerevan.