I know that until a year ago, the Turkish government prohibited Armenian planes from flying in its airspace. Was Revealed Earlier this month, Hedge’s intelligence correspondent Wake Sarukanyan said.
I was surprised to hear this news. Did the Turkish government ban aircraft with Armenian registration from flying in its airspace and did any Armenian official bother to inform the public? What is even more surprising is that a year after Turkey took a hostile step, especially during the recent war, the Armenian government did not respond by banning Turkish flights over Armenian territory.
On August 29, 2020, Turkey was allowed to fly its last skies. Interestingly, this was just before the joint Assyrian and Turkish attack on Arsak. Turkey continued to reject Armenia’s air travel requests on September 18 and 25, 2020 and March 19 and 23, 2021.
Sarukanyan contacted the Armenian Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) to ask whether Armenia and Turkey had imposed mutual air restrictions during and after last year’s war. CAC replied that Turkey has not released any airline information (NOTAM) [Notice to Airmen] Prevent Armenian license plates from entering your skies. In other words, Turkey denied Armenian aviation rights without registering any formal objection. Therefore, Turkey banned air travel in its Armenian land blockade.
In response to Hetq’s question, he said: “Armenia has banned the entry of Turkish national aircraft; otherwise why not? The CAC has stated that it does not impose any restrictions under Article 9 (b) of the Chicago Convention. Article 9 (b) establishes that countries may restrict their use of airspace “on the condition that said restriction or restriction applies to aircraft from other states without national distinction.” How legal is Turkey to ban Armenian aircraft and Armenia to do the same? legal?
I Are being monitored The runways of several airplanes from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey and which make four interesting observations:
- No aircraft with Armenian registration have flown over Turkish territory in the last 12 months as a result of the Turkish embargo.
- However, Turkish Airlines continues to fly by Armenian aircraft on its way to and from Azerbaijan.
- Turkey is not a barrier to foreign airlines flying to Armenia or abroad over Turkey, and the governments of these airlines may not impose a retaliatory ban.
- Armenia and Azerbaijan do not travel by air with each other, although there is no formally registered ban in any country.
Armenia’s CAC told Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty that it was not in a position to challenge the Turkish ban on international airlines. It is unclear whether the Armenian Foreign Ministry handled the matter. Unfortunately, the CAC did not explain why it was unwilling to challenge Turkey’s ban on Armenian aircraft. This was a great defeat for the Armenian authorities.
Despite the indifference of the Armenian government to defend Armenian national interests, Turkish planes, of their own volition, prefer to fly over Armenia and carry their soldiers, military equipment and Islamic jihadist terrorists over Azerbaijan. Sky of the Republic of Georgia.
There are many examples of negligence and incompetence by the Armenian authorities, which makes one wonder if the government is operating in Armenia. Two of Armenia’s successive foreign ministers have resigned since last fall. They could not accept the amateurish behavior of Prime Minister Nicole Pashinyan, who unilaterally made all foreign policy decisions without consulting her Foreign Ministry.
Most surprising is that after Pashinyan’s re-election as prime minister, he did not appoint a new foreign minister, even though he had to form a cabinet within five days of his appointment. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said the five-day requirement applies to two-thirds of the cabinet, not the entire cabinet. However, the spokesman could not explain why Pashinyan was able to appoint all the other ministers, but not the foreign minister. In the post-war crisis in Armenia, one might think that appointing a foreign minister would have been one of his priorities.
Since Pashinian ignored input from the two previous foreign ministers, I suggest that he not only be prime minister, but also appoint himself as foreign minister. Furthermore, since the prime minister runs the government alone, he must remove the remaining ministers and establish a one-person government. The three branches of government, the executive, the legislative and the judiciary, are in the hands of the prime minister. The president of the country has no decision-making power. He is a nominal leader, a figure. Parliament, with a majority of the Pashinian political party, is essentially a rubber stamp body that executes your wishes. The judiciary is also under the strong influence of the Prime Minister. Therefore, one of the key principles of a democratic government is not the separation of powers.
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Harut Sasonian California Courier is the editor of Glendale, California weekly. He is the president of the Armenia Artzak Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated $ 917 million in humanitarian aid to Armenia and Artzac. Since 1989 (including its predecessor, United Armenian Finance). He was decorated by the leaders of Armenia and Artzak and the leaders of the Armenian Catholic and Apostolic Churches. He has received the Ellis Island medal.
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