The European Union will provide more than €25 million in aid to Armenia to address the basic needs of tens of thousands of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.
The news was announced by European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen upon her arrival at the European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain.
"We have initially allocated €5.2 million. I will say today to the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that we are happy to double this amount to €10.2 million. And that we are giving another €15 million of aid for the Armenian budget," she said.
The head of the European Commission said she would hold a meeting with Pashinyan in Granada and discuss support for Armenia.
On September 19, Azerbaijan launched what it called an "anti-terrorist" operation against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh.
The assault lasted 24 hours and ended with Azerbaijani forces gaining full control of the region for the first time since the 1990s war.
This led to a vast refugee crisis, with tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians fleeing along the narrow mountain road connecting the region to the Republic of Armenia.
