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STEPANAKERT AIRPORT'S OPENING PURSUES HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES
Aysor.am
January 24
"Azerbaijan is kicking up a fuss, trying to politicize the opening
of Stepanakert airport. The three Co-Chairs have repeatedly made
appeals not to politicize this issue: neither the NKR nor Armenia will
take any steps aimed at politicizing the operation of the airport,"
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at the meeting with
reporters today, when discussing the opening of Stepanakert airport.
He said that in the presence of the Co-Chairs, the Azerbaijani side
assumed obligations not to use force or threats of force against
civilian aircraft.
"The Azerbaijani leadership - in flagrant violation of those
obligations - is threatening to use force against civilian aviation,"
the minister noted.
In his words, the opening of Stepanakert airport has nothing to
do with the Karabakh settlement - the Minsk Group Co-Chairs have
repeatedly stated that the airport' s opening cannot predetermine
the final status of Nagorno Karabakh.
"Neither Karabakh nor Armenia have linked the opening of Stepanakert
airport with these issues," Nalbandian said.
According to him, the airport's opening pursues civil and humanitarian
purposes only, while Azerbaijan aims to isolate the NKR ad force its
people to leave the country.
"They have not succeeded and will never succeed in doing it," the
minister said.
Aysor.am
January 24
"Azerbaijan is kicking up a fuss, trying to politicize the opening
of Stepanakert airport. The three Co-Chairs have repeatedly made
appeals not to politicize this issue: neither the NKR nor Armenia will
take any steps aimed at politicizing the operation of the airport,"
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said at the meeting with
reporters today, when discussing the opening of Stepanakert airport.
He said that in the presence of the Co-Chairs, the Azerbaijani side
assumed obligations not to use force or threats of force against
civilian aircraft.
"The Azerbaijani leadership - in flagrant violation of those
obligations - is threatening to use force against civilian aviation,"
the minister noted.
In his words, the opening of Stepanakert airport has nothing to
do with the Karabakh settlement - the Minsk Group Co-Chairs have
repeatedly stated that the airport' s opening cannot predetermine
the final status of Nagorno Karabakh.
"Neither Karabakh nor Armenia have linked the opening of Stepanakert
airport with these issues," Nalbandian said.
According to him, the airport's opening pursues civil and humanitarian
purposes only, while Azerbaijan aims to isolate the NKR ad force its
people to leave the country.
"They have not succeeded and will never succeed in doing it," the
minister said.