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NKR FOREIGN MINISTER: STEPANAKERT AIRPORT WILL OPERATE ANY WAY
Wednesday, April 17, 13:22
The Stepanakert airport will operate any way, Foreign Minister of
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic, Karen Mirzoyan, said in an interview with
Radio Liberty. "This is a sovereign decision of the Karabakh
authorities and despite all the threats and other steps by the
authorities of Azerbaijan, it will be brought to life sooner or later.
It is already for more than 20 years that Azerbaijan's laws are
invalid at the territory of the NKR", - the minister said and added
the OSCE MG co-chairmen as well as all the political forces more or
less aware about the matter fully share such an approach of the
Karabakh authorities.
"Everybody emphasize that any threat to shoot down a civilian aircraft
or any similar step is absolutely inadmissible. We mentioned about
that in a letter on behalf of the foreign minister to UN secretary
general in autumn 2012. The letter says that the flights will be just
of the humanitarian nature and have no other purposes. As for the
political games and various threats as well as the disinformation
started by Azerbaijan, they are just another attempt to distort the
negotiating process and deflect attention of the world community away
from the illegal and disruptive steps taken by Azerbaijan", - the NKR
foreign minister said.
The Stepanakert airport was built in 1974 and has not been functioning
since 1992. The new terminal of the airport was built in 2008 and is
going to implement flight on the route
Stepanakert-Yerevan-Stepanakert. However, the airport does not
operate because of the threats of Azerbaijan to shoot down planes from
Stepanakert.
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Wednesday, April 17, 13:22
The Stepanakert airport will operate any way, Foreign Minister of
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic, Karen Mirzoyan, said in an interview with
Radio Liberty. "This is a sovereign decision of the Karabakh
authorities and despite all the threats and other steps by the
authorities of Azerbaijan, it will be brought to life sooner or later.
It is already for more than 20 years that Azerbaijan's laws are
invalid at the territory of the NKR", - the minister said and added
the OSCE MG co-chairmen as well as all the political forces more or
less aware about the matter fully share such an approach of the
Karabakh authorities.
"Everybody emphasize that any threat to shoot down a civilian aircraft
or any similar step is absolutely inadmissible. We mentioned about
that in a letter on behalf of the foreign minister to UN secretary
general in autumn 2012. The letter says that the flights will be just
of the humanitarian nature and have no other purposes. As for the
political games and various threats as well as the disinformation
started by Azerbaijan, they are just another attempt to distort the
negotiating process and deflect attention of the world community away
from the illegal and disruptive steps taken by Azerbaijan", - the NKR
foreign minister said.
The Stepanakert airport was built in 1974 and has not been functioning
since 1992. The new terminal of the airport was built in 2008 and is
going to implement flight on the route
Stepanakert-Yerevan-Stepanakert. However, the airport does not
operate because of the threats of Azerbaijan to shoot down planes from
Stepanakert.
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