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Interfax News Agency, Russia
Aug 11 2008
2,000 foreign citizens leave Georgia for Armenia
YEREVAN Aug 11
Some 2,000 foreign citizens have been evacuated from Georgia to
Yerevan with help from Armenia, the Armenian Foreign Ministry
reported.
Among these people are "diplomats accredited in Tbilisi, officials
from international organizations and their families," the ministry
said.
Some 7,500 Armenian citizens returned to their homeland as of 10:00
a.m. Yerevan time on August 11. No Armenian citizens have been harmed
in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict, the ministry reported.
The Zvartnots international airport near Yerevan is working
intensively, Nana Avetisova, a press officer for the company Armavia,
told Interfax.
"The airport is working to its full capacity, all flights are booked,
there are many people at the airport. Some of them are foreigners
evacuated from Georgia. If the need arises, we are ready to organize
charter flights, but there is currently no such need. Some countries
are sending in special flights to take their citizens home," Avetisova
said.
In the meantime, Armenia is ready to organize addition railway
transportation from Tbilisi to Yerevan, she said.
Aug 11 2008
2,000 foreign citizens leave Georgia for Armenia
YEREVAN Aug 11
Some 2,000 foreign citizens have been evacuated from Georgia to
Yerevan with help from Armenia, the Armenian Foreign Ministry
reported.
Among these people are "diplomats accredited in Tbilisi, officials
from international organizations and their families," the ministry
said.
Some 7,500 Armenian citizens returned to their homeland as of 10:00
a.m. Yerevan time on August 11. No Armenian citizens have been harmed
in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict, the ministry reported.
The Zvartnots international airport near Yerevan is working
intensively, Nana Avetisova, a press officer for the company Armavia,
told Interfax.
"The airport is working to its full capacity, all flights are booked,
there are many people at the airport. Some of them are foreigners
evacuated from Georgia. If the need arises, we are ready to organize
charter flights, but there is currently no such need. Some countries
are sending in special flights to take their citizens home," Avetisova
said.
In the meantime, Armenia is ready to organize addition railway
transportation from Tbilisi to Yerevan, she said.