HUMANITARIAN AID OF 78M USD IMPORTED TO ARMENIA LAST YEAR
Noyan Tapan
April 10, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Work done during 2007 within the
framework of the charity program was taken into consideration at the
RA government’s April 10 sitting. As Simon Ter-Simonian, the Chairman
of the Coordination Committee of Charity Programs of RA government,
informed journalists after the sitting, 126 international and local
organizations implemented charity programs in the country last
year. The Hayastan All Armenian Fund, the Armenian branch of the
U.S. Fund for Armenian Relief, the Armenian Evangelical Association,
and a number of other organizations implemented most large-scale
programs in various spheres.
S. Ter-Simonian said that cargoes with the total customs value of
24.48bn drams (nearly 78m USD) were imported from 40 countries to
Armenia last year, including medicines of 13.9bn drams. According to
him, nearly 72% imported cargoes are of healthcare sphere and only
1.2% are foodstuffs. At that, 76.4% cargoes were received from the
United States.