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Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration comments on Armeniaâ€™s intentions to carry out flights to Khankendi airport

16 July 2012 15:26 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. â€œAzerbaijan has sovereign rules in the air space over its territory within the framework international principles. Those intruding into the air space are considered as air boundaries violators, the Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration told APA.

Commenting on Armeniaâ€™s preparation to carry out flights to Khankendi airport, the administration said that the illicit access to the countryâ€™s air space recognized by the international community is considered as an intrusion and existing actions will be taken on it.

The Administration said that official Baku has repeatedly addressed the ICAO and ECAC organizations on intentions and attempts of Armenians to carry out flights to Khankendi airport. These organizations conveyed Azerbaijanâ€™s position to Armeniaâ€™s relevant organizations.

Armenians reconstructed Khankendi airport situated in Azerbaijanâ€™s Nagorno Karabakh region. They announced that they brought the planes, purchased to carry out flights to Khankendi, to Armenia. Azerbaijan officially announced that the flights to Khankendi will be prevented and all measures can be applied to the planes carrying out flights to Armenia without Azerbaijanâ€™s permission.