ArmInfo. In 2022, Armenia will more than double the size of the interstate loan provided to the Republic of Artsakh on favorable terms. This is stated in the draft law "On the state budget of the RA for 2022", which today was presented for discussion of the joint commissions of the parliament of the republic.
So, according to the document, next year the state treasury of Armenia will send 144 billion drams or 291.7 million US dollars (the estimated rate of the Armenian dram to the dollar is 493.6 drams) in the form of an interstate loan, against 64.8 billion drams (131.2 million US dollars), envisaged by the 2021 state budget. It should be noted that the size of the loan for next year in the draft budget for 2022 in the version that was approved by the government on September 30 was registered at the level of 144.5 billion drams.
It should be reminded that despite the indicator set for the current year, budgetary assistance to Artsakh has been constantly increasing throughout the year. On September 30, at a meeting of the RA government, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the next tranche in the amount of 13 billion 473 million AMD billion AMD.
The funds are directed to monthly cover utility costs of Artsakh residents and to finance payments of pensions, benefits, salaries of Artsakh people and health care costs within the framework of an interstate loan at an interest rate of 0.001% per annum. As RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said then, from November 9 to September 30, Armenia's financial assistance to Artsakh reached about 100 billion drams.
