Spiegel: Turkey denied airspace to Armenia-bound German military plane![]() August 29, 2020 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In late July, Turkey denied airspace to a Bundeswehr mission flying to Armenia, Spiegel reports. Turkish air traffic controllers spontaneously and without explanation refused to grant an overflight clearance to an Airbus A310 plane of the German Air Force, which had started from Cologne and was thus forced to return to the base. The plane was reportedly on its way to Yerevan to pick up Armenian soldiers for training in Germany. The Bundeswehr has a military cooperation with Armenia, with soldiers from both countries engaged in a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. According to the report, the German military assumes that NATO partner Turkey stopped the Bundeswehr flight because of its destination. Armenia and Turkey have no diplomatic relations. In addition, Ankara still denies the Genocide of 1.5 million Armenians of 1915-1923 and criticized Germany when the Bundestag recognized the Genocide in 2016. ![]() ![]() President of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Arayik Harutyunyan has dismissed Ruben Vardanyan from the position of State Minister. Congressman Frank Pallone attended a demonstration at the Capitol against Azerbaijan’s blockade of a key road in Nagorno Karabakh. Ruben Vardanyan expressed conviction that his people will stay strong amid Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin corridor. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |