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RA MFA: ONLY ONE ARMENIAN CITIZEN DETAINED IN TURKEY RECENTLY
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.10.2007 18:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In response to the inquiry of the Armenian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Turkish authorities said that recently 542
people have been detained over violation of visa regime, RA MFA
Spokesman Vladimir Karapetian said. Only one of them is an Armenian
citizen, the Ministry's press office said.
According to Armenia's representative in the BSEC, Karen Mirzoyan,
informal sources confirm arrest of Armenian citizens. "They were
detained for further deportation to Armenia because of violation of
visa regime," Mirzoyan said.
Earlier, Irish Times newspaper reported that some 100 Armenians -
illegal migrants - were detained in Turkey and will be deported
soon. "They exile is eyed as revenge for adoption of the Armenian
Genocide resolution by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs,"
the newspaper said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
18.10.2007 18:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In response to the inquiry of the Armenian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Turkish authorities said that recently 542
people have been detained over violation of visa regime, RA MFA
Spokesman Vladimir Karapetian said. Only one of them is an Armenian
citizen, the Ministry's press office said.
According to Armenia's representative in the BSEC, Karen Mirzoyan,
informal sources confirm arrest of Armenian citizens. "They were
detained for further deportation to Armenia because of violation of
visa regime," Mirzoyan said.
Earlier, Irish Times newspaper reported that some 100 Armenians -
illegal migrants - were detained in Turkey and will be deported
soon. "They exile is eyed as revenge for adoption of the Armenian
Genocide resolution by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs,"
the newspaper said.