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KUWAIT, Nov 19 (KUNA) -- Armenia expressed gratitude Tuesday to Kuwait for
its support to Syrian refugees who fled to Armenia to escape the civil
conflict in their homeland.
In a press statement a copy of which sent to KUNA, the Kuwait Embassy in
Armenia said that the Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian has
conferred Kuwait Ambassador Bassam Mohammed Al-Qabandi with the Ministry's
Golden Emblem in recognition of Kuwait's role in helping Armenia accommodate
Syrian refugees.
For his part, Ambassador Al-Qabandi thanked the Armenian Minister Hakobian
on the decoration. He highlighted Kuwait's important role in offering aid to
Syrian refugees inside and outside Syria.
He noted that early this year, Kuwait hosted the first international Syria
donors conference which raised USD 1.5 billion in aid pledges, including USD
300 donated by Kuwait.
Al-Qabandi also shed lights on the role of the International Islamic
Charity Organization in distributing Kuwaiti aid to Syrian refugees. (end)
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