President expresses condolences over plane crash near BishkekJanuary 16, 2017 - 17:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President Serzh Sargsyan sent on Monday, January 16 a letter of condolences to Kyrgyz leader Almazbek Atambayev after an aircraft crashed in a residential area near Bishkek and killed dozens. President Sargsyan asked to convey his condolences and support to the families and friends of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to all injured. The Turkish cargo plane crashed just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 37 people on the ground and in the plane. The Boeing 747 crashed on approach to the Manas airport, south of the capital, Bishkek. Fifteen people including six children have been hospitalised. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |