Armenia to send humanitarian aid package to TurkeyOctober 27, 2011 - 17:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 27, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM) and Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) passed Turkey’s official application for post-quake assistance to Armenia. Late October 27, representatives of Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations will deliver a 40-ton humanitarian aid consignment, including tends, sleeping bags, blankets and bedding to Turkish city of Izmir, ministerial press service reported. At least 217 were killed and more than 1,000 people injured when a powerful earthquake struck Turkey Oct 23, collapsing dozens of buildings and pulling down phone and power lines in the southeast of the country, officials and witnesses said. More than 1,000 people are feared killed in the earthquake. Another magnitude 6.1 earthquake, which was the second to rock the country within 24 hours, was registered about 20 km (12 miles) from the city of Van at the depth of some 10 km (6.2 miles). 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. |