Karabakh authorities provide privileges to resettlers

Arminfo
29 Mar 07

Yerevan, 29 March: Under the 15 April 2003 decision passed by the NKR
[Nagornyy Karabakh republic] on providing privileges to families
resettled in the NKR, a number of privileges have been outlined.

In particular, a resettling family will be given a home or a flat, and
will receive a one-off monetary allowance – the head of the family
will get an amount equal to 20 minimum wages, others will get amounts
equal to five minimum wages. In addition, resettling families are
entitled to compensation for their expenses on moving family members
and property: 5,000 drams [about 14 dollars] for each member of
family, and 15,000 drams [about 42 dollars] to haul the property. To
satisfy their social needs, resettlers will be given long-term (10
years) loans with a 0.5-per-cent APR. Resettlers will not pay utility
bills (home maintenance payment, payments for water and sewerage) for
a period of five years. Conscripts will have their military service
delayed for two years. A number of other privileges also exist.

NKR Prime Minister Anushavan Danielyan said that appropriate
conditions are created for resettlers and "this strategic goal is of
special significance in government programmes."

In 2006, 241 families (872 people, including 395 children) moved to
the NKR for permanent residence.