MFA_Report_on_the_occupied_territories_March_2016_1

Karabakh”. 199 He confirmed that a 45 km long road from “Sotk” pass up to “Karvachar” [Kalbajar]
intersection is being built with participation of the Ministry for Energy of Armenia. 200 Armenia's
construction companies, including Dorozhnik LLC, are participating in this project. 201 Technical
supervision of the construction works is also carried out by Armenia’s relevant government
agencies. 202 Construction of the Vardenis-Aghdara highway is expected to be completed by the
end of 2016. The Government of Armenia provides funding for this project. 203
In 2008, Armenia launched reconstruction of
the airport near the occupied town of Khojaly
of Azerbaijan and manifested its intention to
operate flights, including military ones, into/
from the occupied territories. 204 Germanybased
“Thales Air Systems GMBH” affiliate of
the “Thales Group” (France) provided navigation
equipment for this airport. A businessman
from Argentina of Armenian origin, Eduardo
Eurnekyan, purchased an aircraft to perform
flights to the occupied territories. 205 Azerbaijan
informed the international community that this
airport, referred to by Armenia as “Stepanakert
airport”, is not an approved aerodrome under
Construction works at the Vardenis-Aghdara highway
passing through the occupied Kalbajar district of Azerbaijan
│Photo from www.armeniafundusa.org│10 November 2014
the legislation of Azerbaijan, nor is it a designated customs airport in accordance with the
Convention on International Civil Aviation. 206 Consequently, all flights operated from and into
that airport are unlawful and violate the said Convention and the fundamental principles and
objectives of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Since Azerbaijan, acting in the
exercise of its sovereign right, has closed the airspace over the occupied territory for any aviation
operations, no flight into or from this airport is authorised. ICAO, through its Secretary General
confirmed the inadmissibility of unauthorised flights over the territory of Azerbaijan recognised
by the United Nations. 207
An extensive network of irrigation systems and
water supply pipes is being built to service the
settlements and illegal activities, especially
in the agricultural sector, throughout the
occupied territories (see below).
Commissioning of a newly constructed residential
building in the occupied town of Lachyn
│Photo from www.president.nkr.am
The scale of construction/renovation of
residential buildings and houses and other
social facilities for the settlers moved to
the occupied territories has considerably
increased. 208 That is also revealed from the
statistical data on the number of business
entities registered in the occupied territories
199
See “Construction work on the Armenia-Karabakh road to finish by February 2013”, Caucasus knot, 16 January 2012, .
200
Ibid.
201
See .
202
Ibid.
203
“Construction works of the Vardenis-Martakert highway are planned to be completed at the end of 2016”, 11 November 2015,
(in Russian language).
204
See “Air Artsakh: Stepanakert Airport certified to service flights, to be put into operation ‘soon’”, .
205
See “Dmitry Atabashyan: Stepanakert Airport Performing General Flights”, Arminfo.info, .
206
See UN Doc. A/67/507-S/2012/754, 11 October 2012.
207
See “38th Session of the ICAO Assembly”, 04 October 2013, .
208
See “Community center being constructed in Khachmach with joint efforts”, Artsakhpress.am, 10 April 2015, ; “State Order for Capital
Construction Cut By Over Two Billion”, Artsakhtert.com, 16 February 2013, .
40