Armenia will transfer 20 billion drams to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2022. The funds will go towards housing construction. Prime Minister of the Republic Nikol Pashinyan stated this at the National Assembly during a preliminary discussion of the execution of the state budget for 2021 on May 31.
Armenia, according to the leader, renders and will continue to render support to Nagorno-Karabakh.
“In particular, in 2021, all utility payments of the population of Karabakh, within a certain amount for each, as well as all salaries in the public sector, were paid from the state budget of the Republic of Armenia. In general, since November 2020, we have provided support in the amount of 136 billion drams, and we do not intend to stop there,” Pashinyan said.
He noted that in 2019 the state budget of Karabakh amounted to about 118 billion drams. Of these, approximately 58 billion drams were transferred from Armenia. In 2021, the state budget has already amounted to 174 billion drams. Of these, 128 billion drams were provided by Armenia.
“In 2022, these payments will increase to 144 billion drams. In particular, pensions and benefits in Karabakh increased by 20% in 2022,” the PM added.
In addition to current expenses, about 20 billion drams will be allocated for the needs of housing construction. In total, 50 billion drams will be allocated for this in the coming years.
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