Armenia's Foreign Ministry taking 'all possible steps' in aid to compatriots wishing to leave northern Syria

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is taking all the possible steps to offer aid to the Syrian-Armenians wishing to move from the country's northern regions, a spokesperson said on Monday.

Anna Naghdalyan told reporters at a press briefing the situation is now calm in Qamishli and Al-Malikiyah  "where around 3,000 Armenians are concentrated". Accoerding to her, there are no military confrontations in those regions at the moment.

″Our Embassy in Damascus and Consulate General in Aleppo work under the emergency regime. The Armenian diplomatic representations are in a permanent contact with the community organizations in Qamishli and Syria's northern regions,″ she said.