Armenian citizen among Sudan air crash victims – Russian Foreign Ministry

August 20, 2012 – 19:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – An Armenian citizen has been found among Sudan plane
crash victims, Russian Foreign Ministry press service reported.

The plane went down in mountains around Talodi, a town in the border
state of South Kordofan, while taking a delegation there to celebrate
the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan.

`According to Russian embassy in Sudan, crew members including Russian
citizen G.V. Semenova, as well as citizens of Armenia and Tajikistan
died in the crash,’ Russian Foreign Ministry’s website reported.

The country’s Guidance and Endowments (religious affairs) Minister
Ghazi al-Sadeq was killed in the crash, along with Mahjoub Abdel
Raheem Toutou, state minister for youth and sports, and Eissa
Daifallah, state minister for tourism, antiquities and wildlife.

Several people associated with the country’s military, state security
and state media also died in the crash.

Armenian foreign ministry is currently clarifying information on RA
citizen’s death in plane crash, ministry representative told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress