Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and Acting Minister of Diaspora Mkhitar Hayrapetyan visited the “Breath of Syrian culture in Yerevan” charity exhibition-fair on Northern Avenue on October 17th. Nikol Pashinyan spoke to Syrian-Armenians and saw the work that they presented.
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan said that the exhibition-fair was organized by the Ministry of Diaspora with the help of several NGOs and the Municipality of Yerevan, and its goal was to promote Syrian-Armenians’ socioeconomic integration in Armenia. “When I visited an exhibition on Armenian Independence Day, Syrian-Armenians told me that one of their biggest problems was renting pavilions. They asked me to find any solution to this issue.” He added that about 4 dozen Syrian-Armenians will have pavilions in the “Tashir Street” shopping center. The first three months will be free, and after that, instead of paying 60,000 drams, Syrian-Armenians will pay 30,000 drams monthly.
“We are doing our best so that Syrian-Armenians integrate, become full members of society, and have jobs. One of our biggest priorities is trying to figure out what exactly we can do for them.”
Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia
