Doctors from France Part of First International Medical Mission to Armenia

YEREVAN – On June 14 a charter flight from Marseilles, France landed in Zvartnots Airport with a group of doctors to assist Armenia in the fight against COVID-19. Responding to the request from the RA Ministry of Health, the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs in close collaboration with USAID quickly coordinated the first of its kind COVID-19 international medical mission to Armenia.

“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to this team of doctors and the French people, for providing such amazing specialists and for their readiness to come to Armenia and assist us,” stated High Commissioner Zareh Sinanyan. He also thanked the United States government and USAID for the financial and logistical support they provided to make this mission possible.