“We don’t take this information seriously,” Shemi Tsuri, Israeli Ambassador to Armenia stated, commenting on the statement of arms intended for Hezbollah aboard the TU-154 crashed aircraft. The statement was voiced during the Otkritaya Studiya (Open Studio) program on the Israel+ TV channel. They say the crash was caused by a blast of the arms. The claim was previously made by the Italian Corriere della sera daily.

Noubar Aslanyan, a member of the Armenian and Israeli Composers’ Unions, invited to the program stated that had previously hosted David Kon and Alex Veksler (emigrated from Baku to Israel) spread slander about Armenia, which, “being Iran’s friend and Israel’s enemy,” tried to supply arms to the latter’s enemies.

After this program Noubar Aslanyan applied to Israeli Ambassador and received a reply that Israel does not take this information seriously.