HAYKAKAN ZHAMANAK: RUSSIA SCHEDULES 5 CHARTER FLIGHTS TO ARMENIA AHEAD OF APR 24
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The Russian aviation authorities have reportedly scheduled five charter
flights to Armenia for April 24 to ensure the official delegation’s
participation in Genocide centennial commemoration events.
Bodyguards, who will accompany President Vladimir Putin, as well
as a car that will serve the Russian leader during his stay,
are expected to be flown to the country. Speaking to the paper,
a spokesperson for the Government’s General Aviation Department,
Ruben Grdzelyan, unveiled plans for scheduled charter flights also
from other countries, including Egypt, Oman, Paraguay, Cyprus and
Serbia. And even more flights are expected, adds the paper. It says
further that Eduardo Ernekian, an Argentine-Armenian businessman
whose Corporacion Americais the concessionary manager of Yerevan’s
Zvartnots International Airports, and Samvel Karapetyan, who is
estimated to be the richest Armenian in Russia (according to Forbes),
are due to visit Armenia too. All will travel with private aircrafts
and spend no more than one day in the country, arriving on April 23
and departing the very next day, says the paper.
From: A. Papazian