Yerkhapah Volunteer Union has received another grant from the Ministry of Defense, which has become a tradition since 2022.

There is publicity about the 271 million 890,000 AMD grant contract in the electronic procurement system, but the actual contract, named “blank”, is empty.

In any case, let’s remind that in previous years this allocation was justified by providing the full scope of activities of the NGO “Union of Earth Guard Volunteers”.

“2020 During the war, the NGO “Union of Patriotic Volunteers” had a significant participation, having a large number of members of the organization (74 killed) and 114 wounded. In the post-war period, more than 4,000 EMU volunteers performed combat duty in various combat positions within the RA Ministry of Defense.

Taking into account that the “Union of Earth Guard Volunteers” NGO cooperates with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, assists in the implementation of the tasks set before it, educates and trains future soldiers for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the adoption of the project will create an opportunity to ensure the full implementation of the activities of the NGO in 2025,” it was stated in the justification of the government’s decision last year.

Let’s add that until the previous one: the year 2025, Received from Ministry of Defense grant amount it was stable 234 million 638,000 drams, this year there was an addition.

This year, of course, also differs due to the fact that YCU President Sasun Mikayelyan is showing activity again after certain pauses, moreover, he is already participating in the unannounced campaign within the framework of the “happy bus”.

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