YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. “Armenpress” News Agency managed to get an official confirmation that the Azerbaijani passengers of Kyiv-Tbilisi-Kyiv flight of Ukraine International Airlines spent a night in Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport.

The aircraft landed in Armenia on December 21-22 due to unsatisfactory weather conditions in Tbilisi. First time there have been 24 Azerbaijanis in the aircraft and 13 second time.

The Press Secretary of the General Department of Civil Aviation Ruben Grdzelyan stated: “We provided them with everything, including food. On the second day 4 men refused to get out of the aircraft, but taking into account that the aircraft gets colder at night, the aircraft was heated for those four passengers and the crew.

They arrived at 01:00. The first one left for Tbilisi at 08:00 in the morning, while the second one left at 06:00. They left with gratitude and satisfaction for our security measures and thanked us for it. They shook hands and left.”

As to the rumors circulating in the Azerbaijani media saying that the passports were taken away, then such issue never aroused. They did not cross the border. The passports were just checked up, when the passengers went back to the aircraft. Among other things, the Press Secretary of the General Department of Civil Aviation Ruben Grdzelyan underscored that there was only one Azerbaijani passenger, who made noise. In addition, Grdzelyan noted: “All the other passengers were very satisfied and grateful.”