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    OSCE: ISSUE OF OPENING AIRPORT IN SEPARATIST KHANKENDI HEIGHTENS ATMOSPHERE OF MISTRUST

    Trend
    Nov 27 2012
    Azerbaijan

    The issue of opening an airport in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh led
    to further heightening of mistrust atmosphere, Special Representative
    of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Patrick Murphy
    said at a press conference.

    "Whatever is done regarding this airport, it can not have any
    consequences for the status of this territory," he said.

    While answering Armenian journalist's question on the parallels between
    Kosovo and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, Murphy said that each conflict
    is different from the others in its coverage, underlying reasons,
    history, involvement of international actors, and each conflict should
    be settled individually.

    Azerbaijan has banned the use of the airspace of Nagorno-Karabakh
    occupied by Armenia, as no one can guarantee a safe air corridor in
    the area, the head of the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration,
    Arif Mammadov said earlier.

    The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European
    Civil Aviation Conference (ICAC) also support the position of
    Azerbaijan on this issue.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
    when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
    armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
    including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

    Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
    co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
    are currently holding peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
    surrounding regions.

    http://en.trend.az/news/karabakh/2092595.html

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