Karabakh considers Baku’s threats to shoot down civil aircrafts to be marasmusMarch 31, 2011 - 18:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The head of the department of civil aviation at the Artsakh government, Dmitry Atbashyan said that the best reaction to Azerbaijan’s threats to shoot down civil aircrafts in Karabakh was Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s statement that he will be the first passenger of Yerevan-Stepanakert flight. “The threat of the director of Azerbaijan's Civil Aviation Administration to shoot down civil aircrafts is complete marasmus,” Atbashyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. “In my opinion, the matter of expelling Azerbaijan from ICAO should be raised. Azerbaijan signed an international convention on unacceptability of civil aircrafts demolition. Moreover, it conducts flights to unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, but tries to prevent flights to NKR,” concluded Atbashyan. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |