Cooperation with Armenia is one of the priority areas of ANO Eurasia: Alena Arshinova

Alena Arshinova, Chair of the Coordination Council of ANO Eurasia and member of the State Duma of Russia, commented to Alpha News on the role of the prize in preserving humanitarian ties between Russia and the countries of Eurasia, in particular Armenia, at the International Eurasia Prize award ceremony. She also spoke about humanitarian aid to forcibly displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the lawmaker, cooperation with Armenia and its people is one of the priority areas of ANO Eurasia’s activities.

She also spoke about a humanitarian campaign through which 40,000 forcibly displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh received aid.

“For ANO Eurasia, cooperation with Armenia and its people is a priority, because Armenia is a friendly country to us, and the people of Armenia are not strangers to us. Once we lived together in a common state that bore different names: both the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. Now we live in different states, but it is very important to maintain warm, friendly relations, not to lose the Russian language, and to help each other when necessary.

Recently, ANO Eurasia, together with the Russian Humanitarian Mission, was able to help 40,000 forcibly displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh in Armenia. These are people who were sometimes left alone with their problems. Of course, we understood that the people of Armenia showed concern and did everything they could, but we could not stand aside. We are glad that we had the opportunity to take part in this work.

Volunteers, residents of Armenia, the Russian Humanitarian Mission and ANO Eurasia worked together to make sure that aid reached 40,000 people. All of this was, in effect, passed on from heart to heart. I separately thank the volunteers who responded and helped carry out this initiative on behalf of ANO Eurasia and the Russian Humanitarian Mission. I also thank our patrons, who provided transportation and helped organize the large-scale delivery, which required substantial costs,” Arshinova said.