ARMENIA’S GOVERNMENT NOT INTEND TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR NKR SETTLEMENT PROGRAM

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.12.2009 17:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Last year, Armenian authorities approved our
proposals for the draft budget of 2009, but it turned out that 90
per cent of our proposals were suspended then, Artsvik Minasyan ,
ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group member told a press conference
in Yerevan today. According to him, this year the ARF was ready to
abandon all its proposals on the draft budget for 2010, in exchange
for one project – to increase financing of the NKR settlement program,
which was rejected by the authorities.

"The government decided to allocate funds for schools without giving
reasons for its decision, but refused to accept such an important
project as Karabakh settlement," Artsvik Minasyan said.

In turn, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia Gagik Minasyan
stressed that the decision to provide financial aid to schools has
long been in government programs. He also noted that the Armenian
authorities have increased assistance to Karabakh by AMD 2 billion
copmared to the amount originally projected.

"We do not have to say to Karabakh how to handle money, it would
mean that we do not trust them. NKR knows better how to use funds
and which issue is a priority for them, " Gagik Minasyan said.