Reuters
Feb 18 2021
by Reuters
Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:07 GMT
YEREVAN, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The European Union said on Thursday it had decided to allocate an additional 3 million euros ($3.62 million) in humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the brutal fighting last year over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Fighting erupted between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces on Sept. 27 and ended on Nov. 10 when a Russian-brokered peace deal ushered in a ceasefire. Thousands died in the most bloody fighting over the region since the early 1990s.
The EU has now allocated a total of 6.9 million euros in humanitarian assistance since September, it said.
According to an EU statement on its website, the new aid will help provide food, shelter, winter items, essential health services and psychosocial support, as well as cover other basic needs.
"It will help provide emergency supplies to those most in need," Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič said in the statement. ($1 = 0.8283 euro) (Reporting by Nvard Hovhannisyan; editing by Tom Balmforth)