YEREVAN. – The third group of Syrian-Armenian children has arrived in Armenia Tuesday to spend its summer vacation in the country. Close to 150 children arrived in Armenia with two airplanes.

Numerous officials—including Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan, First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan, and Deputy FM Sergey Manasaryan—had come to capital city Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport to welcome the Syrian-Armenian—specifically, Aleppo-Armenian—children.

A group of Damascus-Armenian children, who are currently spending their summer vacation at a camp in Armenia’s Hankavan city—and who soon will return to Damascus—likewise had come to welcome their peers.

Prior to the Aleppo-Armenian children’s arrival, the children from Damascus told Armenian News-NEWS.am that they spent a very good time in Armenia and they wish to visit it again.          

And upon their arrival, the children from Aleppo were welcomed by a round of applause. Some of them had set foot on Armenia for the first time. Reflecting on the current situation in Aleppo, the children expressed a hope that the situation would improve.   

To note, around 60,000 Armenians live in Syria, and great majority of them reside in Aleppo and Damascus.