France Sends Armenia Tons of Emergency Aid
France said Thursday that it has begun airlifting 300 tons of emergency aid into Armenia from Hungary this week after a train carrying the supplies turned back because of fighting between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
The train left France last month for Armenia but was forced to stop because of the conflict between the two former Soviet republics over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Four flights with 40 tons each of medical and food supplies will have gone to Armenia by this weekend, officials said. France has sent aid to both sides in the past three months.
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