Red Cross quadrupling funding for Karabakh missionNovember 24, 2020 - 11:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will quadruple its funding for the mission in Nagorno-Karabakh and involve more specialist in the process, the organization's president Peter Maurer said in an interview with RBC. Maurer said the mission's budget totaled 10 million Swiss francs (around $11 million) before the war, but is expected to grow to 45 million Swiss francs ($49.4 million) in 2021. According to him, the organization is now planning to send an additional 400-500 workers to the region. The ICRC President noted that discovering and identifying the bodies of the dead is an urgent task. He said the bodies found so far are in the territories under the sides' control. The most difficult thing, according to Maurer, is finding bodies on the line of contact, because there may be mines. He believes delaying the search for the bodies of the dead could lead to soil contamination. It can also be difficult to identify the bodies because they may start to decompose during the winter. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev on November 10 signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days. Under the deal, the Armenian side is returning all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of karabakh itself in the war. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |