AFTER CHAYKA’S VISIT ONLY PRELIMINARY CAUSES OF A320 CRASH ARE SPECIFIED
By Marietta Khachatrian

AZG Armenian Daily
26/09/2006

Answering journalists question in Yerevan on September 22, chief
prosecutor of the Russian Federation, Yuri Chayka, said that the
investigation into the crash of A320 Armenian passenger plane is not
over yet. "The investigation is currently trying to answer whether
there was a technical breakdown, whether the crew violated flight rules
and whether the air traffic controllers did everything right. Now we
are waiting for experts to answer these questions after which we will
put the facts together we will be able to say who is to blame. It
hard to speak of anything specific as the investigation is still in
process," Mr. Chayka said.

Aghvan Hovsepian, chief prosecutor of Armenia, added that the common
investigation into the causes of the crash is a good example of
cooperation between the two countries’ Persecutor’s Offices.

The main reason of the meeting was signing of an agreement on
cooperation between Armenian and Russian Persecutor’s Offices that will
make the fight against criminals more productive in both states. Yuri
Chayka thinks that friendly relations, culture and traditions that
are comprehensible for the two nations prepare a good atmosphere for
the implementation of the agreement.

Answering a question about the recent rampage of ethnic violence in
Russia, Mr. Chayka said that these crimes have no ethnic grounds,
as the criminal does not distinguish between nationalities, he does
not look at his victim’s nationality while murdering him.

Yet, he expressed regret that there indeed were cases of ethnic
violence; during the last year only 5 investigation cases were opened
that had elements of ethnic intolerance and that were labeled "inciting
interethnic hostility."

A special department investigating such cases was set at the
Prosecutor’s Office of Russia that will supervise implementation
of federal legislature and laws concerning international relations,
Yuri Chayka appeased.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress