YEREVAN. - The issue on the evacuation of bodies of Armenian pilots killed in South Sudan will be resolved in near future, Armenia’s FM Edward Nalbandian said today at a joint press conference with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov in Yerevan.   

Mr Nalbandian offered condolences to his Russian counterpart over the Russian plane crash in Egypt, as well as another one in South Sudan, which took the lives of both Armenian and Russian citizens.

He also thanked the Russian side for the cooperation in evacuating the bodies of killed Armenian pilots. According to Nalbandian, the representative of the Armenian Embassy in Egypt will also head to South Sudan in the coming days.

The AN-12 plane crash in South Sudan took the lives of the crew, including five Armenian pilots.