YEREVAN, AUGUST 6, ARMENPRESS. The Hayastan All Armenian Fund has launched a special account for those willing to make donations to provide urgent assistance to the people of Lebanon, PM Nikol Pashinyan said.

“All those who are willing to make individual donations to the people of Lebanon, I am informing that the Hayastan All Armenian Fund has opened a special account for transactions at the Central Bank and an online fundraiser platform on the fund website,” he said.

After the massive explosion that devastated Beirut on Tuesday, the government of Armenia will send an emergency plane with medical supplies, food, medical equipment and other aid to the Lebanese capital on Saturday.

In turn, the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia has also initiated an account number for donations to help the Lebanese-Armenian community : Beneficiary: ARMENIAN CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA, Bank: Banque pictet & Cie SA, Route des Acacias 60, CH-1211 Geneva 73, Account: M-502039, IBAN: CH61 08755 0502 0390 0300, SWIFT Code: PICTCHGG:

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan