INTERIOR MINISTRY PLANE LANDS IN YEREVAN TO BRING SLOVAKS FROM GEORGIA

TASR-Slovakia
Aug 11, 2008

Yerevan/Bratislava, August 11 (TASR-SLovakia) – A special aircraft sent
by the Slovak Interior Ministry has landed in the Armenian capital
Yerevan in order to bring Slovak citizens home from war-hit Georgia,
SLOVAKIA was told on Monday by the director of the ministry’s press
department Igor Skocek.

Around a dozen Slovak citizens have so far expressed their desire to
board the special plane.

The aircraft landed in Yerevan because the airport in the Georgian
capital Tbilisi is closed. It is expected that the plane will return
to Bratislava on Monday evening.

According to Slovak diplomats, no Slovaks have been harmed in the
fighting in Georgia.

The conflict began on Thursday, when Georgia sent forces into the
breakaway republic of South Ossetia, where Russia has peacekeeping
units. Russia responded by deploying its own tanks and troops to push
the Georgian army out.

Russia took over control of the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali
on Sunday. Georgia says that it has withdrawn its forces and is now
calling for peace talks.