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    Interfax, Russia
    Feb 13 2013


    New Nagorno-Karabakh airport pursues purely humanitarian ends -
    Armenian foreign minister

    YEREVAN. Feb 13


    Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are not inclined to politicize the
    opening of an airport in Stepanakert, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward
    Nalbandian said.

    "The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen called for not politicizing the
    opening of an airport in Nagorno-Karabakh in their statement. Neither
    Karabakh nor Armenia have politicized or intend to politicize this
    issue," Nalbandian said at a press conference in Tbilisi in reply to a
    question by Azeri public television.

    "Azerbaijan is politicizing this issue by its daily statements, so
    violating the obligations it has undertaken to the co-chairs. The
    co-chairs have also asked them not to use force or threaten to use
    force against civilian planes. Neither Armenia nor Karabakh have ever
    threatened or are threatening to use force against civilian planes.
    Azerbaijan has threatened and is continuing every day to threaten to
    use force against civilian planes, and so it is violating its
    obligation to the co-chairs not to do so," the Armenian Foreign
    Ministry press service quoted Nalbandian as saying.

    The Armenian foreign minister also pointed out that the OSCE Minsk
    Group co-chairs said the opening of an airport in Stepanakert should
    not prejudge Nagorno-Karabakh's status.

    "We have never tied the opening of the Stepanakert airport to aspects
    of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including
    Nagorno-Karabakh's status. Armenia has stated repeatedly at the top
    level that the opening of an airport in Stepanakert pursues purely
    humanitarian and civilian ends. It is necessary to look at things as
    they are rather than foment tensions by statements that go against the
    international community's opinion," he said.

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