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ARMENIA'S FOREIGN OFFICE DIRECTS ENQUIRY TO TURKISH SIDE CONCERNING DETAINED CITIZEN
21:55 ~U 24.06.13
Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora has transferred the data on the
Armenian citizen Ara E. Hovsep, who is in a Turkish prison now,
to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Armenia.
"They are dealing with the matter," Lusine Stepanyan, Head of the
Department of Armenian Communities of the Near East and Middle East,
Ministry of Diaspora, told Tert.am.
Tigran Balyan, Spokesman for Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
told Tert.am that the Armenian side has directed an enquiry to the
Turkish authorities.
Azatutyun Radio, referring to the detainee's relatives, reported that
Ara Hovsep arrived in Turkey with an Armenian passport and has been
in custody in Erzurum since June 14. Ara Hovsep was a minibus driver
serving the Yerevan-Aleppo route. On June 14 the minibus collided
with a Turkish taxi, killing a woman and two children and injuring
some of the minimum passengers.
Ara Hovses is not in danger. "Even if that car accident happened in
Armenia, all the circumstances would have to be established give
the fact that the victims were foreign citizens. Armenia has no
diplomatic relations with Turkey, which accounts for the delay in
the investigation," Stepanyan said.
The Armenian citizen's relatives say that the lawyer demands $6,000 for
his release. But they say the taxi driver was guilty of the accident,
and they have not so much money to pay.
Armenian News - Tert.am
21:55 ~U 24.06.13
Armenia's Ministry of Diaspora has transferred the data on the
Armenian citizen Ara E. Hovsep, who is in a Turkish prison now,
to the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Armenia.
"They are dealing with the matter," Lusine Stepanyan, Head of the
Department of Armenian Communities of the Near East and Middle East,
Ministry of Diaspora, told Tert.am.
Tigran Balyan, Spokesman for Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
told Tert.am that the Armenian side has directed an enquiry to the
Turkish authorities.
Azatutyun Radio, referring to the detainee's relatives, reported that
Ara Hovsep arrived in Turkey with an Armenian passport and has been
in custody in Erzurum since June 14. Ara Hovsep was a minibus driver
serving the Yerevan-Aleppo route. On June 14 the minibus collided
with a Turkish taxi, killing a woman and two children and injuring
some of the minimum passengers.
Ara Hovses is not in danger. "Even if that car accident happened in
Armenia, all the circumstances would have to be established give
the fact that the victims were foreign citizens. Armenia has no
diplomatic relations with Turkey, which accounts for the delay in
the investigation," Stepanyan said.
The Armenian citizen's relatives say that the lawyer demands $6,000 for
his release. But they say the taxi driver was guilty of the accident,
and they have not so much money to pay.
Armenian News - Tert.am