6 May 2014 15:59

Syrian citizens may vote in presidential election at Embassy in Yerevan

YEREVAN. May 6 (Interfax) - The Syrian Embassy in Armenia is opening a polling station for Syrian residents to vote in the May 28 presidential election.

On Tuesday the Embassy urged Syrians staying in Armenia and Georgia to cast their ballots.

The Embassy press service advised that voters planning to participate in the election get registered before May 16.

The Armenian Ministry of Diaspora estimated the size of the Armenian community in Syria at 40,000 to 45,000 persons. About 10,000 Syrian Armenians have moved to Armenia since the beginning of the conflict.