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Anadolu Agency, Turkey
Oct 15 2012
Turkish minister says grounded Armenian plane carried only humanitarian aid
Baku, 15 October: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has stated
that the Syria-bound Armenian plane which had made "a technical
landing" in eastern Turkey was not carrying anything except
humanitarian aid.
He added that after all the searched are completed, the plane was free
to continue its journey.
Davutoglu who is attending the 20th Meeting of the Council of
Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in
Azerbaijan informed journalists that on October 10, Armenia requested
to use Turkish airspace to take humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria and
after that Turkey has granted Armenian plane with the permission only
on the condition that it would make "a technical landing" under the
framework of international law.
Davutoglu said that the application was held under the law regulations
and was routine. "Nothing has been identified except humanitarian aid
in the cargo of the plane. After the secondary search, the plane will
continue its journey," said Davutoglu.
The Antonov 12 aircraft of the Armenian cargo airline Air Armenia made
"a technical landing" in Turkey's eastern province of Erzurum in what
the Turkish officials had called "a routine procedure."
Sources added that the grounding of the plane was a routine procedure
and it complied with the 1944 Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation.
Oct 15 2012
Turkish minister says grounded Armenian plane carried only humanitarian aid
Baku, 15 October: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has stated
that the Syria-bound Armenian plane which had made "a technical
landing" in eastern Turkey was not carrying anything except
humanitarian aid.
He added that after all the searched are completed, the plane was free
to continue its journey.
Davutoglu who is attending the 20th Meeting of the Council of
Ministers (COM) of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in
Azerbaijan informed journalists that on October 10, Armenia requested
to use Turkish airspace to take humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria and
after that Turkey has granted Armenian plane with the permission only
on the condition that it would make "a technical landing" under the
framework of international law.
Davutoglu said that the application was held under the law regulations
and was routine. "Nothing has been identified except humanitarian aid
in the cargo of the plane. After the secondary search, the plane will
continue its journey," said Davutoglu.
The Antonov 12 aircraft of the Armenian cargo airline Air Armenia made
"a technical landing" in Turkey's eastern province of Erzurum in what
the Turkish officials had called "a routine procedure."
Sources added that the grounding of the plane was a routine procedure
and it complied with the 1944 Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation.