Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan congratulated his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, on the national holiday - Foreign Troops Evacuation Day, the presidential press service reported.

Khachaturyan highlighted that the friendship of the Armenian and Syrian peoples is based on mutual respect and trust. These qualities have repeatedly manifested themselves during hard times for the countries, when they extended a helping hand to each other.

The President noted that Armenia is ready to maintain its involvement in the solution of humanitarian problems in Syria.