Delegation of Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Armenia visits RA Ministry of Diaspora

On June 22, Minister of Diaspora Mkhitar Hayrapetyan received Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Armenia Christoph Bierwirth and Programs Department Officer Nver Sargsyan.

Greeting the guests, the Minister attached importance to the active cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Armenia and international, charitable and non-governmental organizations and their active participation in the solution to key issues facing Syrian-Armenians.

“The result of our work is very important for us. We will have working meetings with your team and set up a body that will coordinate the activities of all organizations dealing with Syrian-Armenians issues and make their activities partitive and effective.”

The Representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Armenia stressed that he attaches importance to the engagement of all groups of refugees in social programs and that engagement will help the refugees become quickly integrated into the society. “It is important for the non-governmental organizations to be supportive, consolidated and cooperative,” he added.

The steps taken for the solution to social and economic issues of Syrian-Armenians, as well as the priorities and challenges were touched upon during the conversation.

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