Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 27 /Trend R.Darakhshan /
The issue of opening an airport in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh led to further heightening of mistrust atmosphere, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus, Patrick Murphy said at a press conference.
"Whatever is done regarding this airport, it can not have any consequences for the status of this territory," he said.
While answering Armenian journalist's question on the parallels between Kosovo and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, Murphy said that each conflict is different from the others in its coverage, underlying reasons, history, involvement of international actors, and each conflict should be settled individually.
Azerbaijan has banned the use of the airspace of Nagorno-Karabakh occupied by Armenia, as no one can guarantee a safe air corridor in the area, the head of the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Administration, Arif Mammadov said earlier.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the European Civil Aviation Conference (ICAC) also support the position of Azerbaijan on this issue.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.