Once the news about the cancelation—without even having started—of direct flights between Armenia’s capital city Yerevan and Van, Turkey, became known, Azerbaijani MFA spokesperson Elman Abdullayev thanked Turkey, Sondakika website of Turkey reports.  

Even though direct flights are still conducted between Armenia and the Turkish cities of Istanbul, Antalya and Bodrum, the Azerbaijani authorities raised hysteria in connection with the Yerevan-Van flight.      

Despite the fact that Turkey has not yet informed as to why it decided to cancel this flight, the Azerbaijani MFA concludes that this was done at their request and expresses satisfaction with Turkey for this decision.

But earlier, Turkey’s ambassador to Baku had noted that Azerbaijan should not be sensitive toward the Yerevan-Van flight, since it is an initiative of private companies and it does not affect Turkey’s policy on Azerbaijan in any way.      

By Artur Hakobyan