By empty (5/24/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Armenian President Robert Kocharian has expressed gratitude for the actions taken by Russia after the crash of the Armavia Airbus A320 near Sochi in a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin. \"The Armenian president expressed gratitude for Russia\'s efficient and full-scale involvement in the rescue operation after the crash and congratulated the president for the successful completion of efforts to recover the flight recorders,\" the Kremlin said, adding that the conversation was initiated by Kocharian. Putin \"expressed hope that the recovering of the black boxes, which became possible as a result of the unique skills of experts, will allow to uncover all the details of the crash,\" the Kremlin said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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