DESPERATE SEARCH: EIGHT-YEAR-OLD AZALIA’S FATE STILL UNKNOWN
NAZIK ARMENAKYAN

ArmeniaNow
06.05.10 | 12:00

The family of a Russian girl who went missing in Armenia last month
are still waiting for a word that could shed light on the circumstances
of her mysterious disappearance.

Images of eight-year-old Azalia Gadelshina posted at different sites
in the Armenian capital are still soliciting information from anybody
who could help find the girl.

Azalia, a citizen of Russia, was on a holiday in Yerevan with her
mother and stayed at a relative’s home. Flyuza Gadelshina says her
daughter accidentally fell into a sewage canal on Valery Bryusov
Street on April 20. The massive search effort undertaken then by the
Armenian rescuers, who reportedly shut water pumps and used rescue
dogs and divers in the operation, did not find the girl.

The Russian Embassy in Yerevan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Armenia reportedly keep track of the developments in the case.