U.S. EMBASSY EXPRESSES DEEPEST CONCERN FOR ARMENIAN SOLDIER INJURED IN IRAQ
ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Nov 13 2006
The Embassy of the United States of America in Yerevan would like to
express its deepest concern for the Armenian soldier who was seriously
injured in Iraq, as well as its condolences for the Polish and Slovak
soldiers who were killed during the incident, says the statement of
U.S. Embassy in Armenia.
Earlier Armenian Defense Ministry Press Secretary, Colonel Seyran
Shahsouvaryan, told ArmInfo that Senior Lieutenant Georgy Nalbanyan
(born in 1981) was injured in a blast of a self-made mine. Polish
and Slovakian soldiers who were accompanying him were killed in the
blast. The leg of the Armenian officer was ablated. He will undergo
further treatment in Germany. It was the first incident wherein an
Armenian soldier was involved during the 2 years of the Armenian
contingent’s mission in Iraq.
U.S. Embassy told ArmInfo Armenia’s contingent in Iraq is carrying
out the extremely important but dangerous work of bringing peace and
democracy to the country. " The injured Armenian solider is receiving
the best medical care available, and we would like to thank him and
his Armenian colleagues for their vital role in the international
coalition fighting the global war on terror," says the statement of
the U.S. Embassy.