  Turkish citizen detained while trying to cross border to Armenia September 20, 2017 - 18:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In the section of Armenia's Artashat border guard detachment near the settlement of Yeghegnavan, Russian border guards on Wednesday, September 20 detained an unknown person who was trying to illegally cross the state border to Armenia. Due to a new system of detecting violators, the border detachment in several minutes detained the intruder, who turned out to be a Turkish citizen born in 1972. According to the detainee, he is a shepherd and lives in Gedakly settlement of Aralik county in Turkey's Igdir province. He was forced to violate the state border to search for cattle that had strayed from the herd. Competent authorities will look into the accuracy of the violator's story to find out all the circumstances of the offense.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news La Francophonie resolution expresses solidarity with Armenia  The “Resolution on crisis situations in the Francophone space, overcoming them and strengthening of peace" was adopted by 54 member states of the organisation.Yerevan rejects Baku's accusation of “mass militarization” Yerevan has rejected allegations from Azerbaijan accusing Armenia of “mass militarization”.Armenian PM, Foreign Minister travel to Moscow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan have traveled to Moscow, their offices report.WCIT 2024 launches in Armenia Hayrapetyan told reporters in Yerevan that Armenia is hosting the event for the second time in five years. |
