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ANS TV, Azerbaijan
April 1 2011
Azerbaijan denies plans to shoot down planes in breakaway Karabakh
The [Azerbaijani] Foreign Ministry has once again informed the world
community that flights to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are
illegal and dangerous.
The press secretary of the ministry, Elxan Poluxov, said that
Azerbaijan did not plan or prepare any actions against passenger
planes. He said that danger to passenger flights came from the
Armenian side. It was the Armenian side which had several times shot
down passenger planes over the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. To
recap, the Armenians are going to open an airport in Xankandi
[Stepanakert in breakaway Karabakh] in May. It is planned that the
airport will receive international flights.
From: A. Papazian
April 1 2011
Azerbaijan denies plans to shoot down planes in breakaway Karabakh
The [Azerbaijani] Foreign Ministry has once again informed the world
community that flights to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are
illegal and dangerous.
The press secretary of the ministry, Elxan Poluxov, said that
Azerbaijan did not plan or prepare any actions against passenger
planes. He said that danger to passenger flights came from the
Armenian side. It was the Armenian side which had several times shot
down passenger planes over the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. To
recap, the Armenians are going to open an airport in Xankandi
[Stepanakert in breakaway Karabakh] in May. It is planned that the
airport will receive international flights.
From: A. Papazian