Armenia expressed readiness on Monday to provide more humanitarian assistance to victims of a powerful earthquake that killed more than 300 people and injured thousands of others in neighboring Iran on August 11.
The Armenian government sent late last week five truckloads of aid worth about 57 million drams ($140,00) to the northwestern Iranian province of Eastern Azerbaijan that was jolted by the 6.4 magnitude earthquake. They carried tents, blankets, portable beds, food and drinking water to surviving residents of local villages.
The Armenian ambassador to Iran, Grigor Arakelian also travelled to the area bordering Armenia's southeastern Syunik province and met with the regional governor, Ahmad Alireza Beygi. According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Beygi thanked the Armenian government for the relief aid.
Armenian News
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