Zakharova: Russia provides 40 tons of humanitarian aid to Armenia and  Karabakh Armenians 

ArmInfo. Russia provides humanitarian aid to Armenia and the Karabakh Armenians. The Russian government has prepared 40 tons of humanitarian aid, taking into account the needs of the Armenian side. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated on November 9 during a briefing, referring to Russian initiatives to provide assistance to the people of Artsakh.

According to her, this aid will be delivered to Yerevan in the coming  days. At the same time, she drew attention to the fact that, given  the approaching winter, the humanitarian aid included a mobile power  station capable of supplying energy to dozens of houses.

At the same time, she announced that the upcoming humanitarian action  has already been supplemented by a number of steps taken by the  Russian side to support those displaced from Nagorno Karabakh, "I  hope, temporary migrants," Zakharova said.

She recalled that earlier the Russian Humanitarian Mission sent 6  tons of humanitarian aid to the people of Artsakh, and the Doctor  Lisa charitable foundation earlier sent over 20 tons of aid,  including to the Ararat region, which received a large number of  temporarily displaced persons.

Zakharova said that 1,5 tons of aid was delivered to several towns,  including Sevan and Gavar, on October 20-21 through the Russian-  Armenian Humanitarian Response Center.  "1,5 tons of aid was  delivered to several towns, including Sevan and Gavar, on October  20-21 through the Russian-Armenian Humanitarian Response Center.  The  National Scientific-Research Institute of Communications of Russia  delivered food and warm clothing to Areni.

Russian businesses operating in the Republic are joining humanitarian  efforts. In Syunik, the Karabakh residents are helped by the Zangezur  Copper-Molybdenum Combine, which is managed by the Geopromining  company. In addition, MTS CJSC provides free SIM cards valid for six  months to all displaced persons. Gazprom-Armenia CJSC transferred  one-time assistance in the amount of 100 thousand drams to 1,300  families; rent for housing and utilities will be compensated for 600  families for six months.  Moreover, 45 families are accommodated at  the company's recreation center," the diplomat said, also pointing  out the concern of individual activists.

"And these are just the  "large ones." But, I can assure you that  this assistance will continue," Zakharova said.

After another Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno -Karabakh on  September 19, Artsakh fell. The entire indigenous Armenian  population, over 100 thousand people, was forced to flee from their  homes to Armenia amid the threat of ethnic cleansing. Enemy  aggression occurred against the background of inaction of the entire  civilized international community. On October 15, Azerbaijani  President Ilham Aliyev raised the Azerbaijani flag in occupied  Stepanakert. Since the enemy aggression that began in the fall of  2020, which in September of this year ended with the complete ethnic  cleansing of Artsakh, more than 150 thousand Artsakh residents have  become homeless.