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Sept 22 2012
Azerbaijani Deputy FM: Commissioning airport in Khankendi - open
violation of Chicago Convention
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.22/ Trend, E. Mehdiyev /
Commissioning of an airport in Khankendi is an open violation of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation [signed in Chicago on
Dec.7, 1944], Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov
believes.
Therefore, Azerbaijan will intensify work in legal sphere on applying
the Chicago Convention, Azimov told Trend.
Khankendi's airspace is Azerbaijan's airspace, and the same principles
of sovereignty are applied to it, Azimov said.
He said flights from any country over Azerbaijan's territory are
impossible without the country's permission.
Azimov believes such illegal activity in the occupied Azerbaijani
territories and attempts to present it as humanitarian action is
illegal.
"These territories are occupied, and there are the aggressor's armed
forces. I believe that such air traffic will be used primarily for
supplying these armed forces. Of course, this is unacceptable," he
said.
Azerbaijan has banned the use of the airspace of Nagorno-Karabakh
occupied by Armenia, as no one can guarantee flight safety in the
area, the head of the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration, Arif
Mammadov, told the New Azerbaijan party's official website earlier.
He said Armenia's steps directed to the operation of the airport in
Khankendi are attempts to violate international legal norms. This air
space belongs to Azerbaijan, so its use by Armenia is impossible.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European
Civil Aviation Conference (ICAC) also support the position of
Azerbaijan on this issue.
The Armenian side is planning to open the airport in Khankendi,
located in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. President Serzh
Sargsyan promised to be the first passenger which will fly from
Khankendi.
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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Sept 22 2012
Azerbaijani Deputy FM: Commissioning airport in Khankendi - open
violation of Chicago Convention
Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.22/ Trend, E. Mehdiyev /
Commissioning of an airport in Khankendi is an open violation of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation [signed in Chicago on
Dec.7, 1944], Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov
believes.
Therefore, Azerbaijan will intensify work in legal sphere on applying
the Chicago Convention, Azimov told Trend.
Khankendi's airspace is Azerbaijan's airspace, and the same principles
of sovereignty are applied to it, Azimov said.
He said flights from any country over Azerbaijan's territory are
impossible without the country's permission.
Azimov believes such illegal activity in the occupied Azerbaijani
territories and attempts to present it as humanitarian action is
illegal.
"These territories are occupied, and there are the aggressor's armed
forces. I believe that such air traffic will be used primarily for
supplying these armed forces. Of course, this is unacceptable," he
said.
Azerbaijan has banned the use of the airspace of Nagorno-Karabakh
occupied by Armenia, as no one can guarantee flight safety in the
area, the head of the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration, Arif
Mammadov, told the New Azerbaijan party's official website earlier.
He said Armenia's steps directed to the operation of the airport in
Khankendi are attempts to violate international legal norms. This air
space belongs to Azerbaijan, so its use by Armenia is impossible.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European
Civil Aviation Conference (ICAC) also support the position of
Azerbaijan on this issue.
The Armenian side is planning to open the airport in Khankendi,
located in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. President Serzh
Sargsyan promised to be the first passenger which will fly from
Khankendi.
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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress