UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA ON AUGUST 20
YEREVAN, AUGUST 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Antonio Guterres, the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees will arrive in Armenia on August 20 to pay
a two-day visit.
Gagik Yeganian, the Chief of the State Department for Migration and
Refugees of Armenia informed Radio Liberty about it. It is mentioned
that within the framework of the six-day regional visit started in
Baku on August 16, Guterres intends to meet with Azerbaijani, Georgian
and Armenian officials and displaced people and refugees. The UN
at present makes efforts to activize the role of the Refugee Agency
in the political negotiations proceeding on settlement of regional
conflicts. The peaceful settlement will allow refugees to return their
former settlements and to re-integrate. The UN, in its turn, will be
able to reduce one of expensive programs: the main worry of the UN
Refugee Agency in Europe is the South Caucasus, and the UN spends about
9.7 mln dollars annually to cover needs of refugees of the region.