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ARMENIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSES REGRET OVER BORDER INCIDENT WITH TURKISH SHEPHERD'S DEATH
YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Armenia's foreign ministry expressed
today regret over the border incident, in which a Turkish shepherd,
Mustafa Ulker, 35, had been killed, according to the report posed at
the ministry's official page in Facebook.
Earlier, Turkish media reported that on Wednesday, the shepherd,
following its herd, lost his way and crossed Turkey's border with
Armenia from the eastern province of Kars was shot dead by Armenian
soldiers patrolling the border.
On Friday, a source from Russian troops on Armenia-Turkey border told
RIA Novosti that the shepherd had opened fired at Russian border
guards and that they had opened a return fire. Mustafa Ulker was
wounded and later died.
In its message to Turkish side, the Armenian foreign ministry also
expressed hope that such incidents will never happen in the future.
The Soviet-era system of guarding Armenia's border with Turkey (330
kilometers) and with Iran (45 kilometers) remains unchanged. Armenia's
leadership attaches great importance to the presence of Russian
troops here and considers it as a significant component of the
country's security.
The Russian troops' presence here is based on an interstate agreement
signed in Yerevan on September 30, 1992. ---0-----
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YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Armenia's foreign ministry expressed
today regret over the border incident, in which a Turkish shepherd,
Mustafa Ulker, 35, had been killed, according to the report posed at
the ministry's official page in Facebook.
Earlier, Turkish media reported that on Wednesday, the shepherd,
following its herd, lost his way and crossed Turkey's border with
Armenia from the eastern province of Kars was shot dead by Armenian
soldiers patrolling the border.
On Friday, a source from Russian troops on Armenia-Turkey border told
RIA Novosti that the shepherd had opened fired at Russian border
guards and that they had opened a return fire. Mustafa Ulker was
wounded and later died.
In its message to Turkish side, the Armenian foreign ministry also
expressed hope that such incidents will never happen in the future.
The Soviet-era system of guarding Armenia's border with Turkey (330
kilometers) and with Iran (45 kilometers) remains unchanged. Armenia's
leadership attaches great importance to the presence of Russian
troops here and considers it as a significant component of the
country's security.
The Russian troops' presence here is based on an interstate agreement
signed in Yerevan on September 30, 1992. ---0-----
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_s_foreign_ministry_expresses_regret_over_b order_incident_with_turkish_shepherd_s_death/#sthash.xCY1P6FE.dpuf