Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry refutes American media reports

“Thousands of planes fly to Afghanistan via Azerbaijan. All NATO countries have an opportunity to receive permission to operate flights to Afghanistan via Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan gives one-year permission to some countries to conduct such flights," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said.

The Associated Press recently reported that Azerbaijan has banned its air space for NATO shipments from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

The deputy minister said Azerbaijan and NATO were negotiating the deployment of AWACS to Afghanistan via Azerbaijan, but Azerbaijan has not responded NATO’s demand yet because there is a need for permission by all countries offering air corridor for deployment of such kind of planes.

“NATO is negotiating AWACS deployment to Afghanistan with us, but Azerbaijan has not given negative response. This issue does not depend on Azerbaijan only. This issue should be coordinated with all countries on route, from Turkey to Afghanistan, including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan."

/APA/