The CIS Interstate Aviation Committee will not give a certificate to the Khankandi airport situated in occupied Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
The statement came from Director of Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration (ASCAA) Arif Mammadov.
Mammadov said that the abovementioned issue was discussed during the visit of chairman of CIS Interstate Aviation Committee to Baku.
'We have also discussed the issue with him, and expressed our position. The chairman promised that the Interstate Aviation Committee will not conduct any work without Azerbaijani side’s consent. Even if there is the appeal of Armenia, the certificate will not be given to the airport', underlined Mammadov.
Saying that the warning of ASCAA given to Armenian side in the line of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was not responded, Mamadov noted that the Armenians postponed the opening of the airport after the warning given via ICAO.
'If any country carries out flights to the occupied territories, acting contrary to Azerbaijan’s demands, the economic sanctions will be used against these countries' said Mammadov and underlined that the information on purchase the equipments from Turkey for construction the airport released by Karabakh Armenians is determined and it was false.
The administration chief said that Azerbaijan’s statements on usage of physical destruction of Armenian planes, which will fly to Khankandi, remain in force: 'It is the right of Azerbaijani side basing on the law of “Aviation”. The government will decide whether to use this right or not'.
Commenting on Armenia’s statements that this country will close the air corridor on it to the Azerbaijani planes, the Administration chief said that Baku doesn’t need this corridor: 'It is possible to carry out any flight without that corridor. For example, we can use Parsabad-Julfa line for flying to Nakhchivan. At the same time, if Yerevan closes its air corridor, Azerbaijan can decide on closing its air space to Armenian planes in response to it'.
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