Nagornyy Karabakh denies Azeri report of air force drills

Mediamax news agency
16 Apr 07

Yerevan, 16 April: The Nagornyy Karabakh [NKR] Defence Ministry has
denied the Azerbaijani report that "airplanes belonging to
Azerbaijan’s air force have implemented exercises in Agdam, on the
territory controlled by Armenia".

The head of the NKR defence army press service, Lt Senor Asratyan,
said that "the anti-aircraft forces of the Karabakh army are able to
destroy any trespasser of air borders".

He said that the military readiness of the anti-aircraft forces of the
NKR defence army is at a high level as it was during the war when
nearly 25 Azerbaijani military airplanes were destroyed.

Asratyan said that Azerbaijani airplanes implement exercises at a
distance of 30-35 km from the border where the Azerbaijani and NKR
military forces intersect.

Asratyan described as "honest disinformation" the report that during
the exercises of the Azerbaijani air force, the Karabakh forces fired
at Azerbaijani positions in Agdam.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress