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Interfax, Russia
January 24, 2013 Thursday 2:30 PM MSK
Airport opening in unrecognized Karabakh Republic has humanitarian
goal only - Yerevan
YEREVAN. Jan 24
Azerbaijan is trying to politicize the airport opening in the
unrecognized Karabakh Republic, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard
Nalbandian told a Thursday press conference.
"Azerbaijan is making noise to add political flavor to the opening of
the airport in Karabakh. The OSCE Minsk Group intermediaries have
asked many times not to politicize this question," Nalbandian said.
As for the latest statements by Azeri officials that it was planned to
shoot down civilian planes flying to Karabakh, the minister said,
"top-level representatives of Azerbaijan told intermediaries earlier
that they would abstain from the use of force or threat to use force
as regards civilian planes."
"But threats to shoot down civilian planes are being made again at the
very top level in Azerbaijan," the Armenian foreign minister said.
The opening of the Karabakh Airport is unrelated to other aspects of
the Karabakh settlement, he noted.
"Neither Armenia nor Karabakh link the airport opening with other
issues. The airport opening has only civilian, humanitarian purposes.
Azerbaijan cannot keep Karabakh under complete blockade," he said.
The Azeri government has enacted rules that bind an unidentified
aircraft detected in its airspace to make an immediate landing or to
leave the national airspace.
January 24, 2013 Thursday 2:30 PM MSK
Airport opening in unrecognized Karabakh Republic has humanitarian
goal only - Yerevan
YEREVAN. Jan 24
Azerbaijan is trying to politicize the airport opening in the
unrecognized Karabakh Republic, Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard
Nalbandian told a Thursday press conference.
"Azerbaijan is making noise to add political flavor to the opening of
the airport in Karabakh. The OSCE Minsk Group intermediaries have
asked many times not to politicize this question," Nalbandian said.
As for the latest statements by Azeri officials that it was planned to
shoot down civilian planes flying to Karabakh, the minister said,
"top-level representatives of Azerbaijan told intermediaries earlier
that they would abstain from the use of force or threat to use force
as regards civilian planes."
"But threats to shoot down civilian planes are being made again at the
very top level in Azerbaijan," the Armenian foreign minister said.
The opening of the Karabakh Airport is unrelated to other aspects of
the Karabakh settlement, he noted.
"Neither Armenia nor Karabakh link the airport opening with other
issues. The airport opening has only civilian, humanitarian purposes.
Azerbaijan cannot keep Karabakh under complete blockade," he said.
The Azeri government has enacted rules that bind an unidentified
aircraft detected in its airspace to make an immediate landing or to
leave the national airspace.