Turkey lets Armenian plane continue journey to Syria

Turkey lets Armenian plane continue journey to Syria
October 15, 2012 - 16:02 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey has given the all clear for an Armenian plane to continue on its journey to the Syrian city of Aleppo after ordering it to land in eastern Turkey so its cargo of humanitarian aid could be searched, Reuters quoted Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc as saying on Monday, Oct 15.

Armenian aircraft carrying humanitarian assistance to Syria made a scheduled landing in Turkey, director of AIR Armenia CJSC earlier said.

As Arsen Avetisyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the planes carrying cargo to Syria must be granted permit for operating flights in the Turkish airspace.

“We received the permission with one precondition: the airplane must land in one of the Turkish airports for cargo search,” he said, adding that company itself gave consent to landing at Erzurum airport.

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