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Alina Hovhannisyan

Tigran Khachatryan: state provided financial assistance to 97.2  thousand Artsakh refugees

Tigran Khachatryan: state provided financial assistance to 97.2  thousand Artsakh refugees

ArmInfo.The state has already provided financial assistance to 97.2 thousand forcibly displaced citizens of Artsakh, of which 24 thousand are children. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan said, answering a question from parliamentarians during government hour on October 25. At the same time, he emphasized that these are not final data.

In total, for the next 6 months, the state has allocated about 50  billion drams to solve the problems of Artsakh citizens, including  those related to providing housing.

In addition, Khachatryan said that tomorrow another program will be  adopted at the government meeting regarding assistance to our  compatriots.

Speaking about long-term programs, the Deputy Prime Minister  emphasized that the most pressing issue is housing. "Details of this  program are currently being discussed. This will be a long-term  program and will be reflected in the state budget accordingly," he  said.

After the Azerbaijani aggression on September 19-20, over 100.6  thousand citizens were forcibly displaced from Artsakh to Armenia. In  total, after the 44-day Artsakh war of 2020, the number of Artsakh  refugees amounted to about 150 thousand