EU to increase aid to Karabakh Armenians to 5 million euros

Баку/26.09.23/Turan:The EU is boosting its humanitarian funding with €5 million in response to the increasing needs resulting from the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. The conflict escalation and subsequent ceasefire is expected to trigger a mass exodus of people from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, with approximately 13 500 refugees having crossed the border already.

At the same time, there is a major food shortage and lack of access to electricity and water within the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The €5 million humanitarian funding includes €500 000 of emergency support of emergency support announced last week and €4.5 million new funding, which will: assist people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. This aid will be delivered by various EU humanitarian partners operating in Armenia to reach around 25 000 people. The priority is to provide cash assistance, shelter, food security and livelihoods assistance.

This aid will be delivered by various EU humanitarian partners operating in Armenia and will affect about 25,000 people. In addition, the ICRC is supposed to provide priority assistance in the form of cash, housing, food and other means of livelihood to 60 thousand people in Karabakh itself. ---06B---