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    INTERIOR MINISTRY PLANE LANDS IN YEREVAN TO BRING SLOVAKS FROM GEORGIA

    TASR-Slovakia
    Aug 11, 2008

    Yerevan/Bratislava, August 11 (TASR-SLovakia) - A special aircraft sent
    by the Slovak Interior Ministry has landed in the Armenian capital
    Yerevan in order to bring Slovak citizens home from war-hit Georgia,
    SLOVAKIA was told on Monday by the director of the ministry's press
    department Igor Skocek.

    Around a dozen Slovak citizens have so far expressed their desire to
    board the special plane.

    The aircraft landed in Yerevan because the airport in the Georgian
    capital Tbilisi is closed. It is expected that the plane will return
    to Bratislava on Monday evening.

    According to Slovak diplomats, no Slovaks have been harmed in the
    fighting in Georgia.

    The conflict began on Thursday, when Georgia sent forces into the
    breakaway republic of South Ossetia, where Russia has peacekeeping
    units. Russia responded by deploying its own tanks and troops to push
    the Georgian army out.

    Russia took over control of the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali
    on Sunday. Georgia says that it has withdrawn its forces and is now
    calling for peace talks.
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