Armenian foreign ministry urges its citizens to refrain from flights to Egypt

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18.11.2015, 18:18

In a statement today Armenia’s foreign ministry has urged citizens of the country to temporarily refrain from traveling to Egypt unless absolutely necessary.

Armenian foreign ministry urges its citizens to refrain from flights to Egypt

YEREVAN, November 18. /ARKA/. In a statement today Armenia’s foreign ministry has urged citizens of the country to temporarily refrain from traveling to Egypt unless absolutely necessary. The statement is posted on the official website of the ministry in Facebook.

The statement is prompted by a Russian plane crash over Egypt that was downed by a bomb on-board, according to Russian Federal Security Service.

Airbus A321 operated by Kogalymavia airline flew from Sharm el Sheikh to St Petersburg. It fell October 31, 24 minutes after the takeoff in the north of the Sinai Peninsula near the village of Al-Hasna. All 224 people aboard were killed.

The passengers were citizens of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus. -0-

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