Diaspora Minister meets UNICEF representative

Armenia’s Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan received UNICEF Representative in Armenia Henriette Ahrens on August 28 to discuss situation over Syrian-Armenian children. The Minister assured the issues related to Syrian-Armenians are supervised by the Government under the order of President Sargsyan. She spoke about the assistance programs to the Syrian Armenians. In her turn, Henriette Ahrens expressed UNICEF’s readiness to lend assistance to the programs, especially those concerning the Syrian-Armenian children. The sides discussed possible fields for cooperation, exchanged thoughts on education, health and social problems the Syrian Armenians are faced with. Henriette Ahrens said she would present the results of the meeting to the UNICEF to draw up possible assistance programs.