Russia to provide $3.2m to Armenia for post-conflict reconstructionMay 15, 2021 - 15:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia will provide more than $3 million from the federal budget in 2021 for the post-conflict reconstruction of some regions of Armenia, according to a government order published on Saturday, May 15. The document says funds in the amount of up to $3.2 million will be transferred to the UN Development Program "to finance the costs associated with the implementation of the project to assist the most affected regions of Armenia in post-conflict reconstruction." The Russian Foreign Ministry had been instructed to inform the Armenian government and the UN Development Program about the decision. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Armenia to participate in key EU meeting for the first time ever National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan has said that Armenia will for the first time participate in the Conference. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |