Armenia supports Russian campaign in Syria: Serzh Sargsyan
Armenia supports Russia’s assistance to the Syrian people provided by Moscow on legal grounds in accordance with Damascus’ request, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told “Rossiya Segodnya” for an interview to “Sputnik Armenia.”
“We fully support Russia’s actions to render assistance at the request of the Syrian government. Asking for assistance is the legitimate right of the Syrian government, and providing this assistance is Russia’s legitimate right,” he stressed.
According to Sargsyan, Armenia favors a resolution of the Syrian crisis. He noted though that “the Syrian issue can hardly be resolved at an early date.” The Armenian president added that at the present time about 20,000 ethnic Armenians live in Syria.
He stated that “our 20 thousand sisters and brothers, who have moved from Syria” are in Armenia now.
“In any case we strived and will strive to later on ease the fate of those people. We attempt to solve the issue of apartments, provide jobs to them, Serzh Sargsyan said.
