Armavia obliged to notify Ankara about flights through Turkish airspace a week beforehandNovember 22, 2007 - 13:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish authorities permitted Armavia Armenian national carrier to resume flights to Beirut and Aleppo. However, Armavia was obliged to notify Ankara about flights through Turkish airspace a week beforehand. The Armenian Foreign Ministry mediated for permission to resume flights, according to a source. November 13 the Turkish authorities rejected air corridor for the Armenian national carrier's Yerevan-Beirut and Yerevan-Aleppo flights, motivating the decision by incapability to operate flights in this direction. At that, Turkey allowed Syrian and Lebanese airlines to practice flights to Yerevan, IA Regnum reports. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |