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28 May 2003 - 15:42 AMT

AZERBAIJAN DEFENSE MINISTRY REFUSED COMMENTING ON AIR SPACE VIOLATION FROM IRAN DIRECTION

The mass media reports concerning the violation of Azeri air space by Iranian warplanes were neither confirmed nor refuted by the defense ministry of Azerbaijan, RIA “Novosti informs. “Saying that the accident has really taken place would be as wrong as saying that it has not”, – Azeri defense minister Safar Abiyev told journalists today. It should be noted that some Azeri sources reported that the state air forces were supposedly brought to alertness because of the violation of the country air space by the Iranian warplanes, May 27-28 night.