FRENCH PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SEND MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE ON OCCASION OF PLANE ACCIDENT

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 05 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 5, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. French President Jacques
Chirac sent a message of condolence to RA President Robert Kocharian
on the occasion of the accident of A-320 plane of Armavia airline
carrying out Yerevan-Sochi flight. “Mr President, My dear friend,
I was upset to learn the news about the plane crashed near Sochi, as
a result of which more than a hundred people died, the majority of
which were citizens of Armenia. At these tragic moments, on behalf
of the whole French people, accept my sincere condolences addressed
to you, to the families and relatives of the victims. Mr President,
please, accept the assertion of my respect and my friendly feelings
at this moment of ordeal”. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the French
Embassy in Armenia, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin sent a
message of condolence to Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian:
“I was deeply upset to learn the news about the plane that had an
accident near Sochi, in consequence of which more than a hundred
people died, the majority of which were Armenians. At the moment of
the cruel ordeal of your country I want to present my condolences to
you and the whole Armenian people,” the message, in particular, read.

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy sent a message of
condolence to his Armenian colleague Vartan Oskanian. “I was deeply
upset to learn the news about the crashed plane, in consequence of
which more than a hundred people died, the majority of which were
Armenians. At the moment of ordeal accept my support and condolences,”
the French Foreign Minister’s message, in particular, read.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress