ArmInfo.The Armenian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to Russia in connection with the crash of the Russian Il-20 plane in Syria.
"We deeply commiserate with the counterparts, relatives and friends of 15 Russian servicemen who died as a result of the tragedy with the Il-20 plane in the Syrian sky," the Armenian Foreign Ministry twitted in a Twitter microblog.
To recall the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that on September 17 at about 11.00pm Moscow time, communication was lost with the returning to the airbase Khemeymim Russian Il- 20 aircraft, which was 35 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, about the same time, four Israeli F-16 fighters attacked Syrian targets in Latakia. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, under cover of a Russian plane, Israeli pilots framed it under the attack of Syria's air defenses, the IL-20 was shot down by a S-200 missile. As a result of the incident, all 15 servicemen on board were killed. Moscow has already stated that adequate measures will be taken against Israel.