The EU will provide 50 million euros to Armenia, as the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said during a telephone conversation with Nikol Pashinyan yesterday, “Regarding the measures to ease the trade of some Armenian products, in particular, agricultural food products. And regarding the practical support of the affected sectors, such as Armenian flowers.”

According to him, the restrictions applied by Russia to Armenia are nothing but economic pressure, and it is unacceptable.

“Europe firmly stands by Armenia. We are preparing a support package.” noted Layen.

At the last session of the government, a decision was made to give compensation for one month to those people who could not export their crops during this period. It is not clear what these people should do with their crops in the following months.

Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ashot Harutyunyan by definition, this is another decision made hastily by the Government, without serious economic justifications and economic assessment.

“From today, I warn our businessmen that this is going to be another serious dispute, then criminal cases, in any case, let them be careful. another trap is set. It is very strange for me, for example, the size and price of the subsidy, if they subsidize the price of 1 kilogram of strawberries by 770 drams, where is the calculated and confirmed cost price? What damages did they suffer or will suffer that they want to compensate?

The strawberries were returned by couriers, which is no longer subject to export, there are no relevant documents to submit to the Ministry of Economy in order to receive the compensation. Here they will divide again, they will turn against each other again, they will create grounds for criminal cases.” of 168.am Ashot Harutyunyan said in a conversation with

According to our interlocutor, this government will not exist after June 7, and they will not continue to provide this support economically, because the budget is empty, debts have increased. And the 50 million dollars mentioned by the president of the EU Commission did not come to Armenia immediately, it still needs to be approved.

“You are doing another action to support yourselves, because the middle-level businessmen here will definitely not win, you will hear the sound of this. Call it whatever you want, I consider this a pre-election promise, which will not be fulfilled along with the rest of the promises. “According to my information, yesterday they started paying the subsidies for autumn wheat from last year, they brought so much tension and they are transferring money 1-2 days before the elections,” said Ashot Harutyunyan.

Our interlocutor raises a rhetorical question: if the apricots and cherries are fully harvested, where will they be exported and sold, is there enough compensation money in the budget?

“I don’t believe them politically, because they are liars from top to bottom, it’s time for them to go.

I always say that we have gone through a lot of ups and downs, and this is another test. This is not only the EU-EEU problem, it has a price that must be paid. I am sure that if the EU is ready to support Armenia and they don’t want to put Armenia to the test once again, if they don’t want to turn it into a second Ukraine, then where was it during the 44-day war, where were they, even with their political statements, to encourage the war, to tie Aliyev’s hands? “There was no political announcement or support, which means this is another deception,” he stressed.

 Details in the video of 168.am

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