Irish passport-holders play waiting game in Armenia
Jason Corcoran (August 17th, 2008) Writes:
The Irish Times Saturday, August 16, JASON CORCORAN in MoscowEIGHT Irish passport-holders are nervously waiting in a hotel in the Armenian capital of Yerevan before deciding whether to return to Georgia.The group, mainly Georgians with Irish passports and some Irish nationals, were among 50 people evacuated via the Armenian border at Gugeti when fighting broke out in South Ossetia.Kerryman Dr Mike McCarthy, who runs the International Medical Support Services (IMSS) clinic from Tbilisi, assisted in evacuating the Irish and Georgian passport-holders by helping with transport and logistics through the eastern side of Georgia to Armenia."The people evacuated were going to come back, but the reports about renegade Ossetian militia looting near the capital have spooked them."Most of the other Irish and passport-holders have made their way back to Ireland or gone on holiday," said Dr McCarthy.His ...
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