ArmInfo. 234 million drams will be allocated from the state budget of Armenia to the public organization Yerkrapah Volunteer Union, headed by Sasun Mikaelyan.
As stated in the explanation to the document, the Union took an active part in the war of 2020 (74 people were killed, 114 were injured). In the post-war period, more than 4,000 Yerkrapah volunteers carried out combat duty in various combat positions as part of the RA Ministry of Defense.
"Taking into account that the NGO "Union of Yerkrapah Volunteers" cooperates with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, contributes to the implementation of the tasks assigned to it, educates and prepares future soldiers for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the adoption of the project will create the opportunity to ensure the implementation of NGO activities in 2024 in full volume," the document reads.
In 2020, at the expense of the state budget, a grant was allocated to the NGO for the above purposes, and in 2021, 2022 and 2023, 234,638.0 thousand drams were allocated annually by government decisions.