The Diplomat
A Spanish mountaineer has disappeared and another eight have been rescued this Tuesday as a result of an avalanche on the highest mountain in Armenia, Aragots.
According to the ABC newspaper, three firefighters and six hikers from a mountaineering group who had left La Seu d’Urgell (Lleida) were surprised by an avalanche. Eight of the affected were rescued and the ninth was missing, until the mayor of La Seu d’Urgell, Joan Barrera, confirmed his death to RTVE.
“Thanks to the collaboration with the Armenian authorities, eight of the nine mountaineers have been rescued,” declared the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, in the corridors of the Senate. Seven of those rescued are hospitalized and out of danger and the eighth is “perfectly well,” he added.
Seven of those rescued are hospitalized and out of danger and the eighth is “perfectly well” and is collaborating in the location of the missing person, Albares reported. “We hope to be able to locate the ninth Spanish mountaineer as soon as possible,” he added.
The minister also stated that the Spanish diplomatic branch in Yerevan and the Consulate General in Moscow quickly contacted the Armenian authorities after learning the news, which was announced by the Rescue Service of the Armenian Ministry of the Interior, and he sincerely thanked “our Armenian friends for their collaboration.”
“The consular emergency unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been mobilized to provide all support to our citizens,” Albares reported through social networks.
