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"Aircrafts landing to airport constructed in the occupied Khankendi city may be annihilated"

16 March 2011 [14:14] - TODAY.AZ
Official Baku may annihilate aircrafts flying to airport constructed by Armenians in the occupied Khankendi city located in Nagorno Karabakh territory, Director of the Civil Aviation Administration Arif Mammadov told journalists.

Speaking about the information on construction of a new airport in Khankendi city, administration director noted that preventive measures had already been started in this regard. Last year, the CAA sent notice in connection with it to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

"We told that our airspace is closed over Karabakh. According to law on aviation, it is considered to annihilate those aircrafts which flythere," said Mammadov.

Administration director added that ICAO head addressed letter to Azerbaijani side and recommended to join some conventions, make efforts to prevent occurrence of unpleasant cases in the region: "We wrote to ICAO that this airspace is closed and belongs to Azerbaijani Military Air Forces. That is why, please, warn the opposite side in order to prevent the unpleasant incidents. And ICAO sent the letter to the Armenian side".


/APA/
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