  Armenian citizen among Sudan air crash victims – Russian Foreign Ministry  August 20, 2012 - 19:57 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian citizen has been found among Sudan plane crash victims, Russian Foreign Ministry press service reported. The plane went down in mountains around Talodi, a town in the border state of South Kordofan, while taking a delegation there to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “According to Russian embassy in Sudan, crew members including Russian citizen G.V. Semenova, as well as citizens of Armenia and Tajikistan died in the crash,” Russian Foreign Ministry’s website reported. The country's Guidance and Endowments (religious affairs) Minister Ghazi al-Sadeq was killed in the crash, along with Mahjoub Abdel Raheem Toutou, state minister for youth and sports, and Eissa Daifallah, state minister for tourism, antiquities and wildlife. Several people associated with the country's military, state security and state media also died in the crash. Armenian foreign ministry is currently clarifying information on RA citizen’s death in plane crash, ministry representative told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Partner news  Top stories “There was a great deal of new and interesting research presented during the conference,” said ANC of Illinois activist Greg Bedian. The Turkish government aggressively pushed for Turkey's inclusion in Investment Partnership between the U.S. and EU. Possible ways to advance the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict were in the focus of the discussion. A meeting between Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov will be held on the sidelines of the event.   Partner news |  Latest news Weekly digest of foreign currency deals  Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.Gunmen kill Iraqi police officer's family The recent spike of violence has raised fears that the country might be heading to a new round of sectarian violence.Serzh Sargsyan reelected as Armenian Chess Federation president Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years.Aronian, Carlsen tie Norway Chess 2013 final round Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian scored 5 points to come 4th, with Magnus Carlsen taking the 2nd spot with 5.5 points. |
