Armenian PM’s plane used Azerbaijani airspace

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s aircraft flew through Azerbaijani airspace during a recent foreign visit, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan said on September 6.

Responding to media inquiries, Baghdasaryan noted that the prime minister’s plane departed Armenia on August 30 and returned on the night of September 6 via Azerbaijani airspace. She added that Armenian authorities had formally requested permission from Baku and received a positive response, Caliber.Az reports via her post on Facebook. 

“Following the establishment of peace in Washington on August 8, 2018, the relevant Armenian authorities requested air passage from Azerbaijan for the Armenian Prime Minister's plane and received a positive response. We view this fact as a practical step towards unblocking communications in the region, advancing the peace agenda, and creating an atmosphere of mutual trust. Let me remind you that Azerbaijani aircraft have been providing communication between the main part of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through the airspace of the Republic of Armenia for a long time,” Baghdasaryan wrote on Facebook.

By Sabina Mammadli