Armenian government decided to extend humanitarian aid amounting AMD 40m ($100, 000) to Kyrgyzstan. Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan noted that Kyrgyzstan appealed to all the CIS states for humanitarian aid.

Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan stressed it is the third time Armenia extends humanitarian aid this year, previously it was sent to Haiti and Tajikistan. “We render assistance in accordance with our financial possibilities,” the Premier said.

As NEWS.am reported earlier, ethnic clashes between Kyrgyz and Uzbek citizens broke out in the south of Kyrgyzstan. According to unofficial data, the death toll reached 2000.