MACEDONIAN FOOTBALLERS ARRIVAL IN ARMENIA QUESTIONABLE
Pan Armenian News
03.06.2005 07:22
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Yesterday Turkish authorities did not let the
plane conveying the Macedonian National Football Team to Armenia. The
footballers were coming to Yerevan to participate in an elimination
match of the World Championship-2006 scheduled for June 4. The plane
of MAT airlines remained in the Turkish airspace for half an hour 20
kilometers short of the Armenian border and had to turn back. As A1
Macedonian TV Company reported that yesterday Turkish authorities
apologized to MAT airlines assuring that similar incidents will
not take place any more. According to Utrensky Vestnik Macedonian
newspaper, Ankara explains the incident by the fact that the “crew did
not have appropriate documents for crossing the Turkish airspace.” At
the same time Makfax conditioned the incident by the tension available
between Armenia and Turkey. Presently Macedonian Football Federation
is searching for ways for conveying the team to Armenia via another
air route avoiding Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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