The United States, Russian and French co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group paid a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday during which they urged official Stepanakert to refrain from putting a newly reconstructed airport into operation.
The airport near the Karabakh capital that was rebuilt in recent years is now capable of servicing civilian flights to and from Yerevan. But no flights have taken place yet amid threats from Azerbaijan to shoot down civilian aircraft entering the airspace that it considers to be its own.
After meeting Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan the co-chairmen, Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Popov (Russia) and Jacques Faure (France), issued a joint statement: "We find that the operation of the airport in this situation will cause tension between the parties [to the conflict]. We also find that this issue should be resolved diplomatically and with the existing experience being taken into account."
Armenian News
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