STEPANAKERT AIRPORT TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH

DE FACTO
29.10.08

STEPANAKERT, 29.10.08. DE FACTO. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
government has commissioned to put into operation Stepanakert airport,
using small aviation.

On October 28 NKR Minister of Economic Development Benik Babayan
stated it in the course of the NKR government’s sitting, DE FACTO own
correspondent in Stepanakert reports. According to Benik Babayan,
air connection with Nagorno-Karabakh will stimulate development of
the Republic’s economy, in part, open up new perspectives for tourism.

Helicopters calculated for 10-18 seats are planned to be put into
operation at the initial period. Benik Babayan added that it was time
to undertake specific measures to construct a railway, which would
become an additional means of ensuring the NKR’s security.