Sargsyan leaves for Moscow

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan is leaving for Moscow on March 12 to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin, Armenia Today wrote with reference to Hraparak.

Problems included on the agenda are related to Eurasian Union, Custom Union and Collective Security Treaty Organisation troops.

The problem of starting the opening an airport at Khojaly will also be discussed according to the published information.

'Although our sources close to the president's administration exclude the possibility of discussing such issues during the meeting, it is clear that they will play a crucial role in determining the political vectors', wrote Hraparak.

The newspaper also mentions that the problem of exports of Russian gas to Armenia will be discussed and decisively resolved at the meeting.

Earlier, Armenian media reported on the intended commissioning of the airport in Khojaly in the near future.

The commissioning of the airport is an open violation of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (adopted on December 7, 1944 in Chicago), the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported earlier.

Azerbaijan will strengthen the legal use of the application of the Chicago convention.
Azerbaijan banned the use of its airspace over Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by Armenia, as no one can guarantee safe flights in the area, the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration said earlier.
According to Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration, Armenia's steps towards the operation of the airport are attempts to violate international aviation law.

This air space belongs to Azerbaijan, so its use by Armenia is illegal.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European Civil Aviation Conference (ICAC) also support the position of Azerbaijan on this issue.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.


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