TWO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TRYING TO GET IN ARMENIA'S TERRITORY ARE IRAN CITIZENSJanuary 15, 2002 - 21:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The officers of Armenia's national security ministry have determined that the two men arrested December 25 in the Yerevan «Zvartnots» airport», while trying to get in the republic, are Iran's citizens. It should be reminded that the suspect passengers of the Istanbul-Yerevan flight showed documents from which appeared that they were Bulgaria's citizens and according to their surnames they had Bulgarian origin. But, frontier guards doubted of their Slavonic origin as the passengers had strongly marked Asiatic features. After the arrest the passengers introduced themselves as Afghanistan's citizens. But for all that they did not speak any languages of the peoples living in Afghanistan. The investigating operation determined the real origin of the passengers. Now the procedure of handing over of the arrested to Irani side is being discussed. It should be reminded that illegal migrants tried to get to Western Europe via Yerevan. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |