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Mon, 06/28/2010 - 11:52
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Mottaki asks Manila to probe bus accident involving Iranian students
Tehran, June 28, IRNA – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday called on Manila to look into causes behind the accident of bus carrying Iranian students in the Philippines.
In a meeting with the Philippine Ambassador to Tehran Generoso Senga, Mottaki also asked Manila to provide legal guarantees, including insurance coverage and other payments associated with the accident (injury coverage per accident, property-damage coverage per accident and medical payments).
A tourist bus filled with Iranian nationals plunged into a ravine last Sunday on a mountain road in the Philippines, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 26 others, officials said.
The bus was carrying dozens of mostly Iranian medical students and doctors. The bus appears to have plunged into a ravine after brake failure, according to Cebu Province Police Director Erson Digal.
Mottaki also called for expansion of relations between Tehran and Manila and said there is no impediment to expansion of bilateral ties.
He said there are vast grounds for promotion of bilateral ties in the academic, economic, cultural and political domains.
The Philippine Ambassador voiced regret over the accident and said a tourist company is now assessing the extension of insurance coverage to the victims./end
In a meeting with the Philippine Ambassador to Tehran Generoso Senga, Mottaki also asked Manila to provide legal guarantees, including insurance coverage and other payments associated with the accident (injury coverage per accident, property-damage coverage per accident and medical payments).
A tourist bus filled with Iranian nationals plunged into a ravine last Sunday on a mountain road in the Philippines, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 26 others, officials said.
The bus was carrying dozens of mostly Iranian medical students and doctors. The bus appears to have plunged into a ravine after brake failure, according to Cebu Province Police Director Erson Digal.
Mottaki also called for expansion of relations between Tehran and Manila and said there is no impediment to expansion of bilateral ties.
He said there are vast grounds for promotion of bilateral ties in the academic, economic, cultural and political domains.
The Philippine Ambassador voiced regret over the accident and said a tourist company is now assessing the extension of insurance coverage to the victims./end
