Head of delegation of the European Commission in Armenia:

At present stage the European Union does not have funds to resolve housing problems of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan

At present stage the European Union does not have funds for direct resolving of housing problems of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, the head of the delegation of the European Commission in Armenia, Ambassador Raul de Luzenberger, told Arminfo correspondent.

Nevertheless, as he said, the programmes of European Union may have a wide coverage and touch on social needs of the society as well.

He also added that the EU used special mechanism on crisis management for similar problems settlement in the 90-s. Our aid to the government of Armenia continues through fulfillment of ordinary programmes, he said and added it grew much for 2011-2013. In fact, the aid grew from 25 mln EUR up to 50 mln EUR, the ambassador said. The financing covers the reforming programmes as well as resolving of social needs, he said and added that more than 50% of the financing is directed to direct financing of the state budget of Armenia.