The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia is discussing the matter of providing assistance to the injured and the families of the casualties in the powerful explosion at the Surmalu shopping market in Yerevan on August 14. Affairs, Zara Manucharyan, spokesperson for the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, stated about this in an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am.

"Possible assistance programs, the form, amount of assistance, and the clear circle of beneficiaries are still being discussed. I can't give information about specific timeframes yet," Manucharyan added.