Armenian government approves 8 billion dram loan for Artsakh
YEREVAN, December 8. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has approved today an 8 billion dram loan for the government of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
The latter is to use the loan to finance construction of housing for internally displaced persons as a result of the 44-day war, as well as meet financial obligations towards banks.
On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons.
After 44 days of the war, on November 9, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities. According to the document, the town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin were handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor.
According to the official data, 3,825 residents of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh were killed in the 44-day war in the conflict zone.-0-
