 6 illegals discovered on border with Turkey in recent 3 days October 17, 2018 - 18:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Group of unknown individuals was arrested on the Armenian-Turkish border during the attempt to illegally cross to Armenia. The information was passed by the press service of Russian Federal Security Service's Frontier Department in Armenia. The incident took place on the night of October 16. As stated in the announcement, according to the intentions of the illegals, they were going to come close to the Aras River during night hours and quickly cross the border. However, as a result of professional actions of Artashat frontier detachment, another attempt to break Armenian-Turkish border was suspended. According to initial information, the arrested are from South Asia. Special bodies will investigate the motives of the illegals. The arrested will be handed over to RA law enforcement bodies. There were in total of 4 illegals. More similar activities were registered on the Armenian-Turkish border recently. During the recent 3 days, 6 people attempting to illegally cross the border were arrested. On October 15 and 14, 1 Turkish and 1 Iranian citizens attempted to move further to the territory of Armenia after illegally crossing the border. The Turkish citizen, who was arrested by the Gyumri frontier detachment on October 15, was later on discovered to be Kurdish by origin. According to initial information, the illegal attempted to hide in Armenia as he tried to escape from the Turkish law bodies for his serious crimes.   Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border  The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |
