YEREVAN. – The matter concerning the Armenians from Syria’s Armenian-populated Kessab town is at the focus of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the latter’s press secretary Tigran Balayan stated.

In his words, the aforementioned displaced persons are currently in Latakia, Syria.

“We are trying to seek avenues for assisting them in as various ways as possible,” Balayan stressed.

As reported earlier, in the early morning on March 21, armed militants from the Jabhat al-Nusra  terrorist group infiltrated into northern Syria’s Latakia Governorate, which is predominantly inhabited by Armenians and Alawites. At present, there is a fierce fight between the Syrian government army and the militants. On Sunday, Turkey provided direct assistance to the terrorists by downing a Syrian military plane. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church to do everything possible to protect the Armenians in Kessab.