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ARMENIA GOVT TO ISSUE FUNERAL AID TO FAMILIES OF AIR CRASH VICTIMS
ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 4 2006
YEREVAN, May 4 (Itar-Tass) - The Armenian government will pay 3,300
dollars for the funeral of each victim of the air crash that claimed
113 lives.
Cabinet minister Onik Abraamyan said at a government meeting that
families of the dead could collect this money at social welfare
offices on Friday.
Considering that the Russian government made the decision to pay
compensation to families of Russian citizens who died in the crash,
Armenia will help only to its nationals, Abraamyan said.
"If Russians of Armenian nationality have the wish to bury their
relatives in Armenia, we are ready to give both financial and material
help," he said.
He said that Armenian businessmen had come up with an initiative to
open special bank accounts.
A shareholder of the air company Armavia, to which the plane was
registered, Mikhail Bagdasarov, said on Public Television that
20,000-dollar compensation would be paid to each bereaved family.
The company spends several million dollars in insurance payments
every year, the businessman said.
The A-320 passenger plane that was en route from Yerevan to Russia's
sea resort of Sochi crashed into the Black Sea in the night to
Wednesday when it was in a landing approach to the Adler airport.
Passengers included 26 Russia's citizens.
Of 113 passengers of the plane that plunged to a 600-metre depth,
bodies of 53 have been recovered. Identities of 20 have been
established, an emergency staff member told Itar-Tass.
First bodies will be transported to Armenia by air on Thursday evening.
Abraamyan said that Russian authorities would continue search
operations in the crash area until bodies of all victims were found.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
May 4 2006
YEREVAN, May 4 (Itar-Tass) - The Armenian government will pay 3,300
dollars for the funeral of each victim of the air crash that claimed
113 lives.
Cabinet minister Onik Abraamyan said at a government meeting that
families of the dead could collect this money at social welfare
offices on Friday.
Considering that the Russian government made the decision to pay
compensation to families of Russian citizens who died in the crash,
Armenia will help only to its nationals, Abraamyan said.
"If Russians of Armenian nationality have the wish to bury their
relatives in Armenia, we are ready to give both financial and material
help," he said.
He said that Armenian businessmen had come up with an initiative to
open special bank accounts.
A shareholder of the air company Armavia, to which the plane was
registered, Mikhail Bagdasarov, said on Public Television that
20,000-dollar compensation would be paid to each bereaved family.
The company spends several million dollars in insurance payments
every year, the businessman said.
The A-320 passenger plane that was en route from Yerevan to Russia's
sea resort of Sochi crashed into the Black Sea in the night to
Wednesday when it was in a landing approach to the Adler airport.
Passengers included 26 Russia's citizens.
Of 113 passengers of the plane that plunged to a 600-metre depth,
bodies of 53 have been recovered. Identities of 20 have been
established, an emergency staff member told Itar-Tass.
First bodies will be transported to Armenia by air on Thursday evening.
Abraamyan said that Russian authorities would continue search
operations in the crash area until bodies of all victims were found.