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ARIEL COHEN: ARMENIA HAS NO RIGHT TO OPEN AIRPORT IN AZERBAIJAN'S OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Trend Daily News
October 2, 2012 Tuesday 6:14 PM GMT +4
Azerbaijan
Armenia does not have the right to open airport in Khankendi in
the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, leading expert of the
Heritage Foundation for Russian and Eurasian Studies and International
Energy Policy and member of Trend Expert Council, Ariel Cohen said
in interview with Trend.
"According to the international law, these are occupied territories.
The occupying power does not have the right to open such an airport,"
he said.
This week Armenia has stated about launching the airport exploitation
in Khankendi in the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh.
It was previously reported that it is planned to start flights from
Yerevan to Khankendi and back soon.
According to Cohen, the launching of an airport is a step that
violates international law. He also mentioned that according to the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) this step is illegal.
Cohen also believes that this Armenia's step is not constructive, and
this is an issue that the Azerbaijani government has to communicate
in a clear way both to the international authorities and to Armenia
itself.
Cohen said that it is in the interest of both countries and it is
in the interest of peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia to have peace,
to have economic development, and to have Armenia a part of East-West
corridor that Azerbaijan and Georgia are successfully implementing.
According to Cohen, insisting on an intransigent position is
backfiring, is boomerang against Armenian people, resulting in
emigration from Armenia and the low living standard.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend Daily News
October 2, 2012 Tuesday 6:14 PM GMT +4
Azerbaijan
Armenia does not have the right to open airport in Khankendi in
the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, leading expert of the
Heritage Foundation for Russian and Eurasian Studies and International
Energy Policy and member of Trend Expert Council, Ariel Cohen said
in interview with Trend.
"According to the international law, these are occupied territories.
The occupying power does not have the right to open such an airport,"
he said.
This week Armenia has stated about launching the airport exploitation
in Khankendi in the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh.
It was previously reported that it is planned to start flights from
Yerevan to Khankendi and back soon.
According to Cohen, the launching of an airport is a step that
violates international law. He also mentioned that according to the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) this step is illegal.
Cohen also believes that this Armenia's step is not constructive, and
this is an issue that the Azerbaijani government has to communicate
in a clear way both to the international authorities and to Armenia
itself.
Cohen said that it is in the interest of both countries and it is
in the interest of peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia to have peace,
to have economic development, and to have Armenia a part of East-West
corridor that Azerbaijan and Georgia are successfully implementing.
According to Cohen, insisting on an intransigent position is
backfiring, is boomerang against Armenian people, resulting in
emigration from Armenia and the low living standard.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.