Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan promised to be the first passenger of the plane to land in the newly built Stepanakert airport.

“The people of Nagorno Karabakh undoubtedly have the right to use air transport services. Armenia and NKR will spare no effort to properly coordinate all issues with international institutions,” he said during a joint news conference with Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey.

Commenting on Azerbaijan’s threats to shoot down Karabakh-bound aircrafts, President Sargsyan said, “Threats to shoot down civilian planes are nothing but nonsense.”