AZERI TV SAYS ARMENIANS USE AIRPORT IN OCCUPIED TOWN FOR MILITARY ENDS

ITV, Baku
17 Oct 2006

[Presenter] The Armenian army is using the airport in the occupied
Azerbaijani town of Agdam for military purposes. Helicopters are being
used to survey the area. The Karabakh bureau of Public TV reports
that the Armenian army has been carrying out excavation in the area
of Agdam’s occupied Sixlar village and Gulculuk Sovxozu.

[Correspondent] The Armenian army is using the airport located between
Agdam’s occupied villages of Saricali and Novruzlu for military
purposes. Latest observations show that military helicopters that
land at the airport carry out surveys of the area.

[Rahman Nazirov, captioned as resident of the Afatli village]
Military exercises are being frequently held, military hardware is
used, helicopters land and take off from the nearby airport, tanks
are regularly involved in exercises.

[A man, captioned as a villager] We can see vehicles and military
hardware of Armenians.

[Correspondent] The Armenian army has been carrying out excavation
in the area of Agdam’s occupied Sixlar village and Gulculuk Sovxozu
for a while. Observations showed that military lorries and assault
hardware were involved in the excavation.

[Rahman Nazirov] We are outraged by their military exercises. At
a time when intensive peace talks are under way, their military
exercises mean disrespect for all norms and procedures.

[Correspondent] Although the villagers are not scared of the regular
military exercises of Armenian army units, this cannot but influence
their psychological and moral state.