 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.   Top stories 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 |  Latest news Team launches Speak Up platform to promote transparent practices  Team Telecom Armenia has launched the Speak Up platform, the company says in a statement.Ucom offers a new uDrift 3500 mobile internet tariff In order to join and activate the tariff plan, one should visit one of the Ucom sales and service centers.Armenia moves to ban foreign currency home loans The National Assembly has approved amendments to the law, which were submitted by lawmaker Gevorg Papoyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Armenian serviceman who went missing in fog has been found The serviceman who went missing in the border areas of the southern province of Syunik has been found, the Defense Ministry said on March 2. |
