President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Arayik Haroutyunyan today convened a working consultation devoted to the support programs for the Armenians of Lebanon, as reported the press service of the President of Artsakh.
Head of the task force in charge of organizing and coordinating the efforts for providing material assistance to the Armenian community of Lebanon, Chief Advisor to the President of Artsakh-Special Assignments Ambassador Rudik Hyusnunts delivered a report in which he stated that in addition to the AMD 25,000,000 allocated from the reserve fund of the state budget, the Government of Artsakh has collected more than AMD 17,000,000 at the expense of extra-budgetary funds for humanitarian aid. He also informed that the first two families of Lebanese-Armenian repatriates have arrived in Artsakh and that all conditions have been created for their stay.
President Haroutyunyan stressed that even though it is extremely important to maintain the integrity of the Armenian community of Lebanon, the Government of Artsakh is ready to receive the Armenians of Lebanon and provide them with shelters, jobs and other social guarantees.
H/T News.am