ONE OF ROMANIAN JOURNALISTS KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ ETHNIC ARMENIANMarch 31, 2005 - 10:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the three journalists kidnapped in Iraq March 28, Romania Liberianewspaper correspondent Eduard Ovidiu Ohanesian, 36, is ethnic Armenian, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia reported. The other two are correspondents of Prima TV Channel - Marie Jeanne Ion, 32, and cameraman Sorin Dumitru Miscoci, 30. They were taken hostage on the second day after the meeting of Romanian President Traian Basescu with Romanian servicemen in Iraq. After being kidnapped the Romanian journalists managed to get in touch with the TV channel and to report the happening. Traian Basescu stated that Romania will do its best to return the journalists to the fatherland. The kidnappers have not made any demands in exchange for freeing the prisoners yet. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |