Baltic News Service
August 11, 2008 Monday 11:57 PM EET
ESTONIA TO BRING AWAY ITS CITIZENS FROM GEORGIA VIA ARMENIA
TALLINN Aug 11
The Estonian Foreign Ministry in cooperation with Estonian Air will
send a chartered aircraft to bring back Estonians from Yerevan,
Armenia.
The aircraft will leave Tallinn Monday evening and will arrive in
Yerevan early on Tuesday. The aircraft will be back in Estonia Tuesday
morning, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told BNS.
Estonia will also send humanitarian assistance to Georgia on board the
plane — first aid kits, blankets, thermolinen and light beds. The
handing over of the consignment to Georgia will be organized by a
member of the rescue team going to Georgia with the chartered
aircraft.
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet said that if possible, the aircraft would
take on board also other European Union citizens.
At least 46 Estonian citizens went by bus from Georgia to Yerevan on
Sunday.
In all the Foreign Ministry and the Estonian embassy in Tbilisi were
in contact in Georgia with 133 persons who had received advice and
were given assistance to leave the country. There were two Finns and a
Lithuanian among them and they too would be brought back from Georgia.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
