EU may provide Armenia with another 10 million euros from European Peace Facility

YEREVAN, March 5. /ARKA/. The European Union is considering allocating an additional 10 million euros ($10.5 million) in “non-lethal” military aid to Armenia through its European Peace Facility (EPF), a special fund aimed at strengthening the defense capacities of EU partners, Radio Azatutyun reported.

According to its sources in Brussels, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has submitted such a proposal to the bloc’s decision-making Council.

The proposal is expected to be discussed in the coming weeks, though a specific date has not yet been set. To be approved, it must receive unanimous support from all of the EU’s 27 member states.

Armenia received first-ever EU military aid, also worth 10 million euros, last July. The money was due to be spent over the next two-and-a-half years on creating a field hospital and auxiliary facilities for a battalion-size Armenian army unit.-0-