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BAKU CALLS ON WORLD TO HALT AIRPORT PLAN
Hurriyet Daily News
Oct 4 2012
Azerbaijan has called on the international community to condemn
Armenia's alleged attempts to open an airport in Khankendi, in the
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"The international community must express its position on the issue
and also focus on Armenia's illegal actions," Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told reporters on Oct. 2. His
remarks came after Armenian media reported that the country plans to
open an airport in Khankendi.
"Armenia's actions, that is, opening the airport in Khankendi,
contradict international conventions, in particular the Chicago
Convention on Civil Aviation," Azerbaijan's private Trend news agency
quoted Abdullayev as saying on its website.
Any actions in Azerbaijan's occupied territories are illegal and
have a negative impact on the negotiation process to settle the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Abdullayev said. "The international
community must not ignore the fact [that this action is] directed
against Azerbaijan's sovereignty," he said. "The OSCE, U.N. and other
international organizations must also voice their opinion and force
Armenia to liberate Azerbaijan's territory in order for regional
peace to be restored," he added.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has promised to be the first
passenger to fly from Khankendi, according to media reports.
October/04/2012
Hurriyet Daily News
Oct 4 2012
Azerbaijan has called on the international community to condemn
Armenia's alleged attempts to open an airport in Khankendi, in the
disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"The international community must express its position on the issue
and also focus on Armenia's illegal actions," Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told reporters on Oct. 2. His
remarks came after Armenian media reported that the country plans to
open an airport in Khankendi.
"Armenia's actions, that is, opening the airport in Khankendi,
contradict international conventions, in particular the Chicago
Convention on Civil Aviation," Azerbaijan's private Trend news agency
quoted Abdullayev as saying on its website.
Any actions in Azerbaijan's occupied territories are illegal and
have a negative impact on the negotiation process to settle the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Abdullayev said. "The international
community must not ignore the fact [that this action is] directed
against Azerbaijan's sovereignty," he said. "The OSCE, U.N. and other
international organizations must also voice their opinion and force
Armenia to liberate Azerbaijan's territory in order for regional
peace to be restored," he added.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has promised to be the first
passenger to fly from Khankendi, according to media reports.
October/04/2012