Armenia’s Military Insurance Fund has 4,392 beneficiaries

YEREVAN, September 3, / ARKA /. Families of another 76 soldiers killed in the 2020 autumn war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone have become beneficiaries of the Military Insurance Fund. Now, the total number of such beneficiaries is 4,392.

Of the total number of beneficiaries of the Fund, 416 people became such before the war of 2020. The list of beneficiaries is available at bit.ly/38p9RIN.

Earlier, on August 24, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that according to the available data, during the 44-day war in Artsakh, 3,773 Armenian servicemen were killed and another 243 were missing.

The Military Insurance Fund was created to ensure social welfare, stable and various insurance compensations for servicemen and families of servicemen, who died, went missing or were disabled during the defense of the country.

According to the law, every working Armenian contributes part of their salary to the Fund.

On September 27, 2020, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and  phosphorus weapons.

After 44 days of the war, on November 9, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities. According to the document, the town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin were handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. 
A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. -0