DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Oct 19 2007

ACCORDING TO TURKISH PARTY, ONLY ONE CITIZEN OF RA RECENTLY ARRESTED
IN TURKEY

According to the Turkish party, only one citizen of RA has been
recently arrested in Turkey on charge of violating visa regime, RA
MFA Spokesman Vladimir Karapetian told journalists.
To remind, the information on arresting the citizens of RA on the
territory of Turkey has been recently disseminated. RA MFA is known
to have responded to the information and undertaken measures on
inquiring the arrest’s circumstances. Answering RFE-RL question,
Vladimir Karapetian stated, `’In Turkish leadership’s official reply
to our inquiry it is noted that 542 people have been recently
arrested on the territory of Turkey for the violation of visa regime.
One of them is the citizen of Republic of Armenia”. DE FACTO got the
information at RA MFA Press Office.