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Karabakh wants air communication with Armenia - Le Monde
March 30, 2013 | 00:10
PARIS. - The first flight between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia's
capital city Yerevan may be conducted this spring, the French Le Monde
daily reports. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) PM Arayik Harutyunyan,
who is in Paris at present, informed this to the daily.
`We finished construction of the [NKR capital city Stepanakert]
airport five or six months ago. There will be flights definitely,
[but] the date is not set. This matter must be looked upon from a
human, not a political, point of view. People have a right to freedom
of movement by land and by air,' he said.
To note, the Azerbaijani authorities have protested against the
violation of their airspace, if the aforesaid flight is launched.
`If Azerbaijan uses force [against it], there will be a new war. And
they cannot use the planes [of theirs] to prevent the flights, since
we have our own anti-aircraft defense measures,' Harutyunyan said in
this respect.
The NKR PM also stressed that the OSCE Minsk Group diplomats often use
helicopters to fly to Stepanakert.
`What is the difference between a helicopter and an airplane?' Arayik
Harutyunyan asked with a smile.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
March 30, 2013 | 00:10
PARIS. - The first flight between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia's
capital city Yerevan may be conducted this spring, the French Le Monde
daily reports. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) PM Arayik Harutyunyan,
who is in Paris at present, informed this to the daily.
`We finished construction of the [NKR capital city Stepanakert]
airport five or six months ago. There will be flights definitely,
[but] the date is not set. This matter must be looked upon from a
human, not a political, point of view. People have a right to freedom
of movement by land and by air,' he said.
To note, the Azerbaijani authorities have protested against the
violation of their airspace, if the aforesaid flight is launched.
`If Azerbaijan uses force [against it], there will be a new war. And
they cannot use the planes [of theirs] to prevent the flights, since
we have our own anti-aircraft defense measures,' Harutyunyan said in
this respect.
The NKR PM also stressed that the OSCE Minsk Group diplomats often use
helicopters to fly to Stepanakert.
`What is the difference between a helicopter and an airplane?' Arayik
Harutyunyan asked with a smile.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am