  Paper: Stepanakert airport to launch operations in summer May 30, 2012 - 14:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, the airport in Karabakh capital Stepanakert will be put into operation in summer of 2012. As the head of staff at NKR Civil Aviation Department Tigran Gabriyelyan stated, the operations will launch with daily flights on Yerevan-Stepanakert-Yerevan route, with the number of flights to be increased in future. “The airport should have launched operations on May 9, 2011. Back then, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said he’ll be the first passenger of a flight to Stepanakert. However, the opening of the airport was delayed for technical reasons,” NKR official said. “Some sources say Azeri civil aviation department’s threat to shoot down the planes bound for Stepanakert was the actual reason behind the delay,” the paper reported.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
