Politician considers Aliyev will not dare to attack Stepanakert airport with distorted authorship

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS: Azerbaijani threat to shoot down civilian planes is impossible because of two reasons. Russian Armenian politician Tigran Manasyan came up in the briefing with Armenpress. First of all Azerbaijani planes fly in the airspace of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Republic of Armenia and nobody attacks them, the second attacking civilian planes is considered an international crime: Baku will hardly dare to undertake the step politician underscored. Manasyan stated Azerbaijani President reputation has already been destroyed regarding to Safarov release, strengthening the relations between the two nations and targeting ongoing military rhetoric towards neighboring countries.

Stepanakert airport was built in 1974 and mostly hosted flights from Yerevan and Baku. In 1992 the airport ceased its activities. In 2008 work began on the construction of a new passenger terminal resembling that of a stretched wings eagle. In the course of this period of time the runway was also expanded, besides they smoothed runway adjacent several hills aimed at adoption of modern type aircrafts.