Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan have formally launched the opening of an international airport in the now Azerbaijani-occupied Varanda (Fizuli) region of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

The symbolic keys of this airport were handed to the leaders of the two countries, AzTV reported.

The groundbreaking of this airport was held on January 14, and the first test flight there was conducted on September 5.