Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonian on Friday voiced regret over Turkey’s reaction to a memorial to “genocide avengers” in Yerevan that he said was erected by the decision of local authorities and did not necessarily reflect Armenia’s foreign policy.
The United States has noted “with disappointment” Turkey’s announcement that it would suspend Armenian airline overflight permissions, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on May 3.
Turkey has closed its airspace for flights operated by Armenian airlines toward third countries because of Armenia’s provocations, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, speaking on Turkish television on Wednesday.
Turkey has strongly condemned the erection in Yerevan, Armenia, of a monument to participants of Operation Nemesis, a 1920s program of assassinations of Ottoman perpetrators of the Armenian genocide and Azerbaijani figures responsible for massacres of Armenians.