AZERBAIJAN BETTER TO KEEP SILENT ON STEPANAKERT AIRPORT – KARABAKH
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July 20, 2012 | 00:04
STEPANAKERT. – If Azerbaijani threats refer to flights from the
Stepanakert airport, the Turks should stand by the Armenians, as
they themselves make flights through the unrecognized air territory
of Northern Cyprus, head of Civil Aviation of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Dmitry Adbashyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
His comments came after the State Civil Aviation Administration of
Azerbaijan (SCAAA) stated that the flights from the Stepanakert city
airport heading to Yerevan are illegal and will be considered as
violation of air border.
He also said that during the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs’ regional
visit on July 10 to 13 Azerbaijan stated that civil airplanes will
not be subjected to force, arguable issues will be settled through
diplomatic moves and they will avoid politicizing the issue. Hence
it is better for Azerbaijan to keep silent now. At the same time,
Karabakh aviation will apply the Euro control and Baku as well for
the flight plan and will launch flights.
As for possible aggression by the Azerbaijani side regarding the
civil airplanes, Adbashyan said that Azerbaijan has indeed a weapon
to attack an unprotected plane, while Armenia does have a weapon to
chastise it for the action.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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