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CHIEF CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OF ARMENIA RECEIVES NO MESSAGES FROM ICAO REGARDING "INADMISSIBILITY" OF FLIGHTS BETWEEN KARABAKH AND ARMENIA
arminfo
Monday, January 21, 15:17
Chief Civil Aviation Department of Armenia (CCADA) receives no messages
from ICAO regarding inadmissibility of organizing flights between
Karabakh and Armenia, Press Secretary of CCADA Nelly Cherchinyan told
ArmInfo refuting Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elman
Abdullayev's statement that ICAO allegedly sent a 'strict message'
to Armenia regarding "inadmissibility of organizing illegal flights
over occupied territory of Azerbaijan."
To recall, earlier on Jan 20, Dmitry Atbashyan, Head of the NKR Civil
Aviation Department, said: "The Stepanakert Airport must be put into
operation and we will make flights despite anything. We are civil
aviation and we work to ensure the people's right of free movement
stipulated by the International Law. "Azerbaijan is well aware that
our stance is in harmony with the International Law and we can make
it to reckon with the given fact with help of the international
organizations."
In Nov 2012 Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Foreign Minister Karen
Mirzoyan sent a letter to the United Nations General Assembly and
Security Council in which he called on the international organization
to assist in the operation of the Stepanakert Airport. Below is the
text of the letter obtained from Artsakh Foreign Ministry.
The operation of the Stepanakert airport is the sovereign right of the
NKR and pursues solely civilian and humanitarian objectives, including
the realization of such a basic human right as freedom of movement.
Freedom of movement of the civilian population of the NKR alongside
with other human rights outlined in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and other core international bodies have already been
continuously and vehemently undermined by the ongoing Azerbaijani
blockade. This stance of Azerbaijan is a clear manifestation of its
recklesst disregard for human rights and fundamental freedoms as
a continuation of its policy of collective punishment of civilian
population.
The threats of Azerbaijan to shoot down civil aircrafts in particular,
violates the provisions of the Chicago Convention on International
Civil Aviation and runs counter to the commitments undertaken in the
framework of the negotiation process mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chair states, to reject any threat or use of force against civil
aircraft, pursue the matter through diplomatic steps, and refrain
from politicizing the issue.
On Jan 18 Azerbaijan public information that the Azerbaijani Government
approved rules implying forced landing of aircrafts-violators. In
this light, Director of the State Administration of Civil Aviation
Arif Mamedov expressed hope that the Armenian party will not launch
the airport.
arminfo
Monday, January 21, 15:17
Chief Civil Aviation Department of Armenia (CCADA) receives no messages
from ICAO regarding inadmissibility of organizing flights between
Karabakh and Armenia, Press Secretary of CCADA Nelly Cherchinyan told
ArmInfo refuting Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elman
Abdullayev's statement that ICAO allegedly sent a 'strict message'
to Armenia regarding "inadmissibility of organizing illegal flights
over occupied territory of Azerbaijan."
To recall, earlier on Jan 20, Dmitry Atbashyan, Head of the NKR Civil
Aviation Department, said: "The Stepanakert Airport must be put into
operation and we will make flights despite anything. We are civil
aviation and we work to ensure the people's right of free movement
stipulated by the International Law. "Azerbaijan is well aware that
our stance is in harmony with the International Law and we can make
it to reckon with the given fact with help of the international
organizations."
In Nov 2012 Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Foreign Minister Karen
Mirzoyan sent a letter to the United Nations General Assembly and
Security Council in which he called on the international organization
to assist in the operation of the Stepanakert Airport. Below is the
text of the letter obtained from Artsakh Foreign Ministry.
The operation of the Stepanakert airport is the sovereign right of the
NKR and pursues solely civilian and humanitarian objectives, including
the realization of such a basic human right as freedom of movement.
Freedom of movement of the civilian population of the NKR alongside
with other human rights outlined in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and other core international bodies have already been
continuously and vehemently undermined by the ongoing Azerbaijani
blockade. This stance of Azerbaijan is a clear manifestation of its
recklesst disregard for human rights and fundamental freedoms as
a continuation of its policy of collective punishment of civilian
population.
The threats of Azerbaijan to shoot down civil aircrafts in particular,
violates the provisions of the Chicago Convention on International
Civil Aviation and runs counter to the commitments undertaken in the
framework of the negotiation process mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chair states, to reject any threat or use of force against civil
aircraft, pursue the matter through diplomatic steps, and refrain
from politicizing the issue.
On Jan 18 Azerbaijan public information that the Azerbaijani Government
approved rules implying forced landing of aircrafts-violators. In
this light, Director of the State Administration of Civil Aviation
Arif Mamedov expressed hope that the Armenian party will not launch
the airport.