A total of about 180 tons of humanitarian cargo was sent to Syria and Turkey from Armenia, and Armenian rescuers worked, Armenian Emergency Minister Armen Pambukhchyan said on February 16 in an interview with journalists.
When asked by journalists why more aid was sent to Turkey than Syria, the minister refused to answer, only stating the total amount of humanitarian aid.
“In total, around 180 tons of cargo were sent to Syria and Turkey, our rescuers in Syria and Turkey completed their work and returned”pambukhchyan said
The head of the department was also unable to answer the question: Will Turkey change its aggressive policy towards Armenia after Armenian assistance? “We are fulfilling our humanitarian functions, but I can’t say anything about the rest”He noticed.
Speaking about assistance to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the minister said that an additional 4 billion drams (about 760 million rubles) were allocated for Artsakh a month ago. “Humanitarian aid was not sent to Artsakh through the Ministry of Emergency Situations, I don’t know about the rest”Pambukhchyan said.
Recall that on February 6, a strong earthquake occurred in the south-east of Turkey, which caused a lot of destruction and several tens of thousands of victims in Turkey and Syria. Armenian rescuers were dispatched to the disaster area to help clear the rubble. The Armenian authorities sent two humanitarian aid shipments to Turkey and one to Syria.
It should be noted that on December 12, 2022, the Azerbaijanis, posing as environmental activists, blocked the Lachin corridor and have kept some 120,000 residents of Artsakh in the blockade ever since. Despite the help of Russian peacekeepers, the blockade caused a shortage of food and medicine in Nagorno-Karabakh. A system of cards for distributing the necessary products has been introduced in the republic. At the same time, the Azerbaijani side periodically cut off the gas supply to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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