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AZERBAIJAN TO DOWN WARPLANES VIOLATING ITS AIRSPACE
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Aug 6 2014
printable version
6 August 2014
Azerbaijan said it will shoot down any military plane that attempts
to breach its national air zone, said the country's defense ministry
on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the Azerbaijani
air zone was under the control of the country's air forces and they
dismissed reports that claimed "Armenian warplanes are flying over
the Azerbaijani border."
"Any flight without permission of Azerbaijan will be considered to be
in violation of the country's air zone and the air forces have modern
defense systems to respond to the violators," said the statement.
The warning came days after fierce clashes between Azerbaijan and
Armenia left a total of 13 Azerbaijani soldiers dead on the border
last Friday.
Armenian forces violated a twenty-year Russian-brokered truce,
Azerbaijani officials claim.
The two former Soviet republics fought a six-year war over the
disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994. In 1994
a ceasefire was agreed, which has been periodically disrupted by
cross-border incidents.
The clashes over the past week have seen the highest number of
casualties since the 1994 ceasefire.
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/169956/azerbaijan-to-down-warplanes-violating-its-airspace.html
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Aug 6 2014
printable version
6 August 2014
Azerbaijan said it will shoot down any military plane that attempts
to breach its national air zone, said the country's defense ministry
on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the Azerbaijani
air zone was under the control of the country's air forces and they
dismissed reports that claimed "Armenian warplanes are flying over
the Azerbaijani border."
"Any flight without permission of Azerbaijan will be considered to be
in violation of the country's air zone and the air forces have modern
defense systems to respond to the violators," said the statement.
The warning came days after fierce clashes between Azerbaijan and
Armenia left a total of 13 Azerbaijani soldiers dead on the border
last Friday.
Armenian forces violated a twenty-year Russian-brokered truce,
Azerbaijani officials claim.
The two former Soviet republics fought a six-year war over the
disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994. In 1994
a ceasefire was agreed, which has been periodically disrupted by
cross-border incidents.
The clashes over the past week have seen the highest number of
casualties since the 1994 ceasefire.
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/169956/azerbaijan-to-down-warplanes-violating-its-airspace.html