ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES THE REPORT ABOUT THE ARREST OF A GROUP OF LOCAL ARMENIANS IN ISTANBUL

ArmInfo
2009-07-29 19:32:00

ArmInfo. Head of the PR Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia Tigran Balayan has refuted the report about the arrest of
a group of local Armenians in Istanbul.

He says that investigation is underway but no people have yet been
arrested.

Meanwhile, the Turkish mass media report that a group of Istanbul
Armenians have been arrested for lending money to fishing companies
of Kumkapi area at a very high interest. The source says that the
department for combat with financial crimes has arrested 13 suspects.