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BAKU CHANGED ITS MIND TO SHOOT DOWN PLANES
Panorama.am
13:27 05/02/2013
As soon as Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan, National Security
Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan and the CSTO Secretary-general
Nikolai Bordyuzha made statements commenting on Azerbaijan's threats
on shooting down civilian planes bound for Stepanakert airport,
Azerbaijan changed its tone abruptly.
Yesterday, the Azerbaijani information agency 1news.az informed that
the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov in the frameworks
of winter session of NATO International School in Azerbaijan (NISA)
"Challenges to Security in the Caspian Region" also touched the issue
of resumption of flights to Stepanakert airport.
"Azerbaijan, surely, is not going to shoot down civilian aircraft.
According to the Chicago Convention, there are certain rules that
are recognized by Azerbaijan. It is the rule of halting any unlawful
flight in the air in order to impede it and this is aimed at forcing
the violator to land at a particular airfield," Araz Azimov said.
In the same time, Azimov stated that "these rules are adopted and are
used throughout the world," and the Azerbaijani side "will not allow
committing illegal flights in its airspace." "Thus, it's wrong when
someone tries to speculate in advance whether Azerbaijan will or will
not shoot down civilian targets. It's not professional attitude and
it is more like a speculation," he said.
Referring to the statement made by Nikolai Bordyuzha, who noted that
had perceived the threats of Azerbaijan to destroy civilian aircraft as
a joke, Azimov noticed that it was the statement of the CSTO Secretary
General Nikolai Bordyuzha that was to be taken as "a rough, bad joke."
As soon as the NKR authorities revealed their intentions to resume
flights in Stepanakert airport, the Azerbaijani side made a statement
in 2011 that the official Baku may destroy aircrafts, which will
land at the airport, built in the city of Stepanakert. On the 18th
of January 2013 Azerbaijani government approved the law on using the
airspace of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The adopted document enables
the Azerbaijani Air Forces to fire in the direction of flying objects
in NKR terretory and to shoot down Armenian civilian aircrafts.
On 29 January 2013 CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha, said
he doesn't consider the threats of Baku to shoot down civilian
aircraft serious and takes it as a joke. In its turn, Security
Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, commented on threats of Baku
and said that such medieval way of thinking cannot be acceptable in
the 21st century, and any fact of attacking on civilian aircrafts is
reprehensible. Earlier, on 18 January 2013, Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan, commenting on the statement voiced by official Baku,
that Azerbaijan will not allow the exploitation of Stepanakert airport,
stated that the anti-aircraft defence forces of Armenian Armed Forces
will secure the operation and all the flights of civil aircrafts.
Panorama.am
13:27 05/02/2013
As soon as Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan, National Security
Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan and the CSTO Secretary-general
Nikolai Bordyuzha made statements commenting on Azerbaijan's threats
on shooting down civilian planes bound for Stepanakert airport,
Azerbaijan changed its tone abruptly.
Yesterday, the Azerbaijani information agency 1news.az informed that
the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov in the frameworks
of winter session of NATO International School in Azerbaijan (NISA)
"Challenges to Security in the Caspian Region" also touched the issue
of resumption of flights to Stepanakert airport.
"Azerbaijan, surely, is not going to shoot down civilian aircraft.
According to the Chicago Convention, there are certain rules that
are recognized by Azerbaijan. It is the rule of halting any unlawful
flight in the air in order to impede it and this is aimed at forcing
the violator to land at a particular airfield," Araz Azimov said.
In the same time, Azimov stated that "these rules are adopted and are
used throughout the world," and the Azerbaijani side "will not allow
committing illegal flights in its airspace." "Thus, it's wrong when
someone tries to speculate in advance whether Azerbaijan will or will
not shoot down civilian targets. It's not professional attitude and
it is more like a speculation," he said.
Referring to the statement made by Nikolai Bordyuzha, who noted that
had perceived the threats of Azerbaijan to destroy civilian aircraft as
a joke, Azimov noticed that it was the statement of the CSTO Secretary
General Nikolai Bordyuzha that was to be taken as "a rough, bad joke."
As soon as the NKR authorities revealed their intentions to resume
flights in Stepanakert airport, the Azerbaijani side made a statement
in 2011 that the official Baku may destroy aircrafts, which will
land at the airport, built in the city of Stepanakert. On the 18th
of January 2013 Azerbaijani government approved the law on using the
airspace of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The adopted document enables
the Azerbaijani Air Forces to fire in the direction of flying objects
in NKR terretory and to shoot down Armenian civilian aircrafts.
On 29 January 2013 CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha, said
he doesn't consider the threats of Baku to shoot down civilian
aircraft serious and takes it as a joke. In its turn, Security
Council Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, commented on threats of Baku
and said that such medieval way of thinking cannot be acceptable in
the 21st century, and any fact of attacking on civilian aircrafts is
reprehensible. Earlier, on 18 January 2013, Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan, commenting on the statement voiced by official Baku,
that Azerbaijan will not allow the exploitation of Stepanakert airport,
stated that the anti-aircraft defence forces of Armenian Armed Forces
will secure the operation and all the flights of civil aircrafts.