A Russian Air and Space Forces plane with nine Russian children from Syria landed Thursday at the Chkalovskiy airfield. This was stated to reporters by the press service of Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian presidential commissioner for children's rights.
"Eight children from camps plus one from an orphanage in Damascus were returned today. The ages range from six to 17, all from Dagestan. They were taken from the airfield by ambulances to a Moscow clinic, where they will undergo a full medical examination, including a kovid, and after quarantine will be handed over to relatives," the report said.
On Wednesday, the children's ombudsman met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The sides discussed the possibility of continuing the search and return to their homeland of Russian children staying in shelters and refugee camps in Syria, as well as joint work on their rehabilitation. Maria Lvova-Belova expressed her gratitude to the country's leadership for supporting this mission.
Earlier, Russian presidential commissioner for children's rights Maria Lvova-Belova told TASS that documents have now been prepared for 140 children in Syria, and it is planned to take some of them home by the end of the year.
In the summer of 2017, Russia began systematic work for the return home of underage Russian citizens staying in Iraq and Syria. The work is carried out by order of the President of the Russian Federation. During this time, more than 340 children have been returned to their homeland from Iraq and Syria.
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Based on materials from TASS