Armenian MFA: There are no Armenian citizens among ISIS members detained in Egypt


Armenian MFA: There are no Armenian citizens among ISIS members detained in Egypt –

There are no Armenians among the members of the Islamic State group arrested in Egypt, the spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan wrote on Twitter. 

“In response to an inquiry of the Armenian embassy in Cairo, the Egyptian authorities confirmed that there were no Armenian citizens among the detained persons,” Tigran Balayan wrote. 

The mass media reported earlier that Egyptian special services detained ISIS members in Cairo on Monday , including an ex-colonel of Tajikistan’s army, as well as citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Serbia, Syria, Iran, and an Egyptian.


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