Of that amount, Ingushetia will receive 5 million euros for measures to improve healthcare, education and employment, according to Marco Franco, the head of the European Commission delegation currently in the republic. The delegates, along with Russian presidential administration officials, met with Ingush President Murat Zyazikov the same day.
Franco was glad to have the opportunity to study the situation in the region and said the EU program would start to be implemented there before year's end.
The British and Austrian ambassadors said it was time to stop simply providing the areas with humanitarian aid, replacing it with assistance in specific areas like education and healthcare.
Zyazikov hailed the program, which, he said, was designed to give a boost to the areas the republics themselves deemed the most important.
"It is of particular importance that the EU is willing to help [Ingushetia] in creating jobs, which means better living standards and stability in the region," Zyazikov said.
