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Russian Interior Minister postpones visit to Armenia
ITAR-TASS News Agency
June 22, 2004 Tuesday 6:51 AM Eastern Time
MOSCOW, June 22 -- Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev
has postponed his visit to Armenia because of the developments in
Ingushetia, a representative of the Russian Interior Ministry told
Itar-Tass.
A joint collegium of the Russian and Armenian interior ministries
was planned to meet in Yerevan on June 24-25. It has been decided to
postpone the meeting until early July.
Several groups of militants with a total strength of 150 to 200
attacked a number of facilities in Ingushetia on Monday night. 48
people died and about 60 were wounded in armed clashes with the
militants.
ITAR-TASS News Agency
June 22, 2004 Tuesday 6:51 AM Eastern Time
MOSCOW, June 22 -- Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev
has postponed his visit to Armenia because of the developments in
Ingushetia, a representative of the Russian Interior Ministry told
Itar-Tass.
A joint collegium of the Russian and Armenian interior ministries
was planned to meet in Yerevan on June 24-25. It has been decided to
postpone the meeting until early July.
Several groups of militants with a total strength of 150 to 200
attacked a number of facilities in Ingushetia on Monday night. 48
people died and about 60 were wounded in armed clashes with the
militants.