KUBINKA /Moscow Region/ August 17
HIGHLIGHT: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has praised the contribution of Armenian sappers and doctors in providing humanitarian aid to Syria at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Davit Tonoyan on Saturday.
KUBINKA /Moscow Region/, August 17. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has praised the contribution of Armenian sappers and doctors in providing humanitarian aid to Syria at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Davit Tonoyan on Saturday.
Shoigu has proposed exchanging opinions with Tonoyan not only on joint projects of military and technical cooperation but also on the joint operation of sappers’ and doctors’ work in providing humanitarian aid in Syria.
The Russian minister also pointed out that thousands of people had received medical help, while Armenian surgeons performed a few hundreds of surgeries.
"This is enormous work that might not be noticed, but undeniably contributes to the normalization of situation in this region," the minister underlined.
According to Shoigu, the strategic level of relations between the defense agencies of Russia and Armenia allows saying that there’s still much to be done.