ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HELPED TRANSPORT 7,500 ARMENIAN CITIZENS FROM NEIGHBORING GEORGIA
ARMENPRESS
Aug 11, 2008
YEREVAN, AUGUST 11, ARMENPRESS: Armenian Foreign Ministry said today
it helped to transport some 7,500 Armenian citizens from neighboring
Georgia.
The ministry’s press division told Armenpress that also some 2000
foreigners arrived in Armenia from Georgia. It said the border
crossing procedure was substantially facilitated for them. Among
foreign nationals are diplomats, staff of international organizations,
their family members.
The ministry also said it had no reports of Armenian citizens suffering
in the clashes between Russian and Georgian troops.
In a related news a spokeswoman for Armenian Transport and
Communication Ministry, Susan Tonoyan, told Armenpress that
Armenia-bound goods were unloaded in the Georgian Black Sea port of
Poti on August 10 evening.
She said the ministry did not have information about possible
problems. According to her, the ministry could not say how many
Armenian holiday-makers were caught in Georgia by the Russian-Georgian
war.
She said bus convoys with Armenians are escorted by Georgian police
until Bavra border check point.