USAID will provide aid to Nagorno-Karabakh’s residents taking refuge in Armenia, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, said on Monday in Yerevan.
Samantha Power and U.S. State Department Acting Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasian Affairs Yuri Kim arrived in Armenia on Monday.
Speaking to reporters late on Monday Samantha Power said the aid will consist of basic necessities, blankets, hygiene supplies to help people who have fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh and need assistance.
She noted that the USAID is ready to help Armenian authorities provide the arriving refugees with accommodation and other assistance. She said Washington will also “encourage other countries to do the same.”
"We are working closely with local authorities who are providing needed supplies and with those communities that have opened their hearts and doors to people fleeing violence. The people of Nagorno-Karabakh deserve an end to violence," she said.
