KARABAKH WOULD WELCOME FLIGHTS BETWEEN NICOSIA AND STEPANAKERT

ArmenPress
July 21 2005

YEREVAN, JULY 21, ARMENPRESS: Nagorno-Karabakh foreign minister Arman
Melikian welcomed today a statement by the Greek community of Cyprus
to open a direct flight between Nicosia and Stepanakert if Azerbaijan
goes on with its intention to start operating flights between Baku
and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

Talking to reporters in Yerevan today the Karabakh minister said the
airport in Stepanakert has a runway and other facilities that can
be used successfully to service such flights. The intention to open
flights between Azerbaijan and TRNC was announced last week by Baku
which said it would help TRNC go out of the international isolation.

A group of Azeri parliament members are currently visiting the capital
of Northern Cyprus Lefkosha.