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10 March 2004 - 14:00 AMT

ARMENIAN MFA APPEALED TO US STATE DEPARTMENT ON ISSUE OF ARMENIAN DEPUTY KEPT IN US CELL

Yesterday Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian sent a letter to the US State Department with a request to undertake possible measures to improve conditions of RA National Assembly deputy Tatul Manaserian, who is being kept in the jail of San Bernardino, RA MFA told Arminfo agency. At the same time, as reported by Haykakan Zhamanak Armenian newspaper, the condition of the Armenian deputy arouses anxiety, as he is kept in prison together with US criminals. According to the data available, the court hearing on T. Manaserian’s case will take place late March.