June 8, 2005 - 12:46 AMT
6 PILOTS CONVEYED TO ARMENIAN PARTY IN MALABO
Today 6 Armenian pilots were conveyed to the Armenian party in the Ministry of Justice of the Equatorial Guinea, RA MFA press center reported. Secretary General Javier Aseko Abeso read out the President's decree on pardoning. Minister of Justice Angle Masii also delivered a short speech. Then representative of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Gevorg Petrosian thanked the President and the Government for showing mercy to the Armenian pilots. On behalf of Chairman of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamian his representative Andrakik Migranian also expressed gratitude. Gevorg Petrosian was handed the documents on the pardoning, after what the Armenian pilots were released and taken to a hotel. It is supposed that the pilots will return to the homeland by Malabo-Zurich-Moscow-Yerevan flight.