Azerbaijan threatens to annihilate aircrafts flying to Nagorno-Karabakh’s airport, if Karabakh authorities reopen the airport, Director of the Civil Aviation Administration Arif Mammadov stated on March 16.

“Our airspace is closed over Karabakh. According to law on aviation, it is considered to annihilate those aircrafts which fly even to there,” Mammadov said.

Speaking of the information on construction of a new airport in Stepanakert, Mammadov said preventive measures had already been started in this regard. He said that the CAA sent a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), APA agency reports.

“ICAO head addressed a letter to Azerbaijani side and recommended to join some conventions, make efforts to prevent occurrence of unpleasant incidents in the region. We wrote to ICAO that this airspace is closed and belongs to Azerbaijani Military Air Forces. And ICAO sent my letter to the Armenian side,” Mammadov said.