Vram Khojagoryan thinks that it was better not to notice what happened
The Head of the General Department of the Civil Aviation, Artyom Movsisyan, announced that on October 6 and 7, the Turkish military helicopters were noticed in the air for 2-4 minutes in the section of Baghramyan, Armavir region. According to him, Armenia’s Civil Aviation Department had tried to find out from the Turkish side what helicopters they were and for what purpose they have crossed the border.
We learn from the interview that in response to the inquire, the Ankara dispatcher claimed that the military helicopters have crossed the border due to bad weather. The RA Civil Aviation Department, according to the head to this institution, has not carried out punitive actions as it has neither the resources nor the power for it. Armenia’s Defense Ministry does not comment on the incident.
The expert of Razm.info military website, Vram Khojagoryan, noted that we should pay attention on the preceding events, particularly, Russia bombing Syria has crossed the Turkish airspace 1-2 times by chance, which caused a sharp reaction from NATO. “On this background, it is not a coincidence that in the last few years, perhaps, it is the first known case when the military helicopters for a short time crossed the airspace border with Armenia. In fact, both the Armenian-Turkish land and airspace borders are under the Russian control domain, and this was not some step against the Republic of Armenia, but simply an allusion for Russia, be attentive when violating the airspace”.
According to him, one should understand that this is not our game at all. “This is a very small element of the NATO-Russia conflict, to which it is not absolutely a must for the Republic of Armenia to respond to this incident at least at the level of Foreign Minister. In my opinion, it was better not to give any notice because the Republic of Armenia by itself was not so much involved as it is the problem of Russia and NATO. Turkey, being a NATO member, made this allusion.”
Ami CHICHAKYAN
