Nagorno-Karabakh denies Azeri accusations of jamming aircraft GPS

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have denied Azeri accusations of jamming the GPS systems of civilian aircraft flying from Paris to Beijing and Tel Aviv to Baku over Nagorno-Karabakh.

In a statement, the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Ministry of Defense said that the Azeri accusations are “detached from reality.”

It said that the aircraft operating the abovementioned routes don’t even cross into Nagorno-Karabakh airspace. Furthermore, no airline or country has ever announced about the GPS of the planes getting jammed, which further proves that Azerbaijan is spreading fake news.

The Azeri fake news campaign seeks to divert the international community’s attention from the humanitarian disaster caused by the illegal blockade of Lachin Corridor and prepare information ground for its next provocation, the Nagorno-Karabakh defense ministry said.

“We once again remind that it is the Azerbaijani side itself that during the entire course of the 2020 war and afterwards consistently targeted civilian infrastructures of Artsakh Republic, blockading Lachin Corridor, disrupting gas and electricity supply lines and jamming internet and mobile connection access,” the defense ministry added.