Syria, Armenia boost bilateral relations based on mutual support for common issues

Today, Armenia celebrates the 30th anniversary of its independence at a time when  it seeks to establish relations based on open partnership and dialogue, enhance its security, ensure  the best possible circumstances for the development of the country, ensure the interests of its people and present their stances at international level. 

 

The Syrian-Armenian relations are based on mutual friendship, respect and support in different files of common concern for the peoples of the two countries. These relations are historic and characterized by human cultural bond.

 

Armenians are an integral part of the Syrian social fabric -Syria the country that hosted the Armenians who survived the massacres of the Ottomans more than 100 years ago, which was described by the Syrian People’s Assembly as “one of the most heinous crimes against humanity”, according to a report published by the Syrian News Agency (SANA). 

 

Following the declaration of its independence in 1991, Armenia established diplomatic relations with Syria in 1992, and the Armenian embassy was opened in Damascus in November of the same year, while the Syrian embassy was opened in Yerevan in 1997.

 

The exchange of delegations and official visits between the two countries continued at the highest levels, most importantly the visit of President Bashar al-Assad to Armenia in June of 2009 and the visit of former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Syria in 2010, while an honorary consulate of Armenia was opened in 2010 in Deir Ezzour. 

 

Syria and Armenia have boosted their bilateral cooperation through signing several agreements in economic, scientific, cultural and technical fields. 

 

In 2019, Armenia sent humanitarian mission and deminers to offer medical cares and to remove mines and explosive devices  respectively that were left behind by terrorist groups in  Aleppo province. 

 

In June 2017, Damascus and Yerevan resumed flights that had been stopped for years because of the  war of terror  on Syria. 

 

Armenia is a member of more than 40 international organizations including the United Nations; the Council of Europe; the Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the World Trade Organization, World Customs Organization and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. 

 

The population of Armenia is nearly 3 million and it depends on economic policies that attract foreign investments.  

 

Basma Qaddour