On May 15, an international conference on the issues of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan was launched in Yerevan.
The conference was kicked off by Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan who read out Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's message to the participants.
As the Armenian leader noted in his message, in 1988-92, as a result of ethnic cleansings launched by Azerbaijan, over half million of Armenians left their homes, with about 360000 refugees arriving in Armenia.
“In 2004, Armenian government approved a housing program for vulnerable families. Since 2005, a certain sum for program implementation has been allocated from state budget. However, the financial crisis prevented further investments in 2010 and 2011, with 1175 families still on waiting list.”
As the message concluded, the housing of the Armenian refugees has always been on Armenian authorities' priority list.
