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    SHOOTING DOWN ARTSAKH-BOUND CIVILIAN PLANES TO SIGNAL START OF NEW WAR

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    March 24, 2011 - 13:40 AMT 09:40 GMT

    Azerbaijan will do a very foolish thing should it venture an attempt
    to shoot down civilian planes heading for Stepanakert airport, ARF
    Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director said.

    "Shooting down Artsakh-bound civilian planes will signal the start of
    a new war," Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan. "We can't
    exclude such a possibility but similar threats arouse deep concerns
    and the international community, specifically the Co-chairs of the
    OSCE Minsk Group should condemn the statements made by Azerbaijani
    officials."

    On March 23, U.S. ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch slammed
    Azerbaijan's threats as unacceptable.

    Earlier, Baku threatened to shoot down civilian planes flying to
    Karabakh after reopening of Stepanakert airport. As Baku's state
    aviation agency said it has informed the International Civil Aviation
    Organization (ICAO) that the region's airspace was closed and any
    flights would be unauthorized. "According to the law on aviation, it is
    even possible to physically destroy airplanes which are heading there,"
    Arif Mammadov, director of Azerbaijan's Civil Aviation Administration,
    said in comments to local media. "We asked the ICAO to notify the
    opposing side in order to prevent incidents," he said.

    Stepanakert airport will start operating in May 2011.




    From: A. Papazian
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