At the close of Thursday’s American Thanksgiving Telethon 2014, the Armenia Fund raised a total of $12,399,550 in donations and pledges.

The funds collected will be used to complete the Vardenis-Martakert Highway, a 116-km road connecting northern Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) to Armenia, as well as special projects in Armenia and Artsakh, and which the philanthropists have selected, the Armenia Fund press service informed.

Separately, the 15th European fundraising-phonethon of the Armenia Fund was held from November 19 to 23 in France, and this event raised over €1.37 million in donations and pledges.