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Prior to the extraordinary sitting of the Armenian parliament today, at the suggestion of Speaker of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, Armenian MPs observed a minute’s silence for the victims of a Yerevan-bound bus that crashed near the Russian city of Tula and the victims of a cargo plane crash in South Sudan.

‘The Armenian parliament expresses condolences to the families of those killed and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured. I ask those present to observe a minute’s silence for the victims,” Galust Sahakyan said.

The bus crash happened on November 3 on M-4 interstate highway in Tula region of Russia. The passenger bus was carrying 60 people, all of them Armenia citizens. Nine people were killed and 46 others injured in the crash.

On November 4 an Antonov-12 transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing 36 people. Six crew members -- five Armenians and one Russian – died in the crash. People were also killed on the ground when the plane came down near a group of fishermen. Three people survived.