Speakers of Armenian, Turkish parliaments to mull issue of banning flights of Armenian airlines

Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan intends to discuss on May 4 at a meeting with Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Sentop the problem related to the closure of airspace for Armenian airlines, Sargis Khandanyan, chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations, said at a briefing, Report informs referring to Sputnik-Armenia.

He noted that the Armenian carriers had problems, and the authorities are trying to resolve the issue, which affects the citizens of the country.

Earlier Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the closure of airspace was due to the erection of the Nemesis monument.

“We have closed the airspace for Armenia for flights to third countries. We will let planes into our country if necessary, but we will not allow the passage of airliners and private jets through our space as long as provocations [by Armenia against Türkiye and Azerbaijan] continue. If they don’t stop them, we will take other measures,” Cavusoglu said.