Armenian pm thanks all for assisting Syrian Armenian children

YEREVAN, September 13. / ARKA /. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan thanked today on behalf of the government all the companies that helped to organize summer camps for several hundreds of Syrian Armenian children from Damascus and Aleppo.

The prime minister said at a Cabinet session that various activities, such as sightseeing tours, concerts and other merry events were organized for the children. Today the government decided to release 7.4 million drams from the stabilization fund to finance additional costs related to organization of leisure activities for children in Hankavan camps Hasmik and Lusabats.

Earlier the Armenian government had allocated 9 million drams (about 22 thousand U.S. dollars) for the organization of summer camps for Armenian children from Syria. About 400 children spent their holidays not only in summer camps, but also in the Armenian families. -0-