Turkish Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Denies News Reports

ANKARA - Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied news reports claiming that Turkey did not allow an Ukrainian plane carrying humanitarian aid from Kiev to Georgia to use its air space.
Burak Ozugergin, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a written response to a question, "Turkey has so far accepted all flight requests regarding evacuation of people from the region and humanitarian aid transfer to Georgia."
"It was understood that the mentioned flight failed due to problems in Georgian air space. Now, such flights are diverted to Yerevan, Armenia, because of the problems in Georgian air space. Also, the flights between Armenia and Russia via Georgia begin following the route over Turkey because of the same problems," Ozugergin added.
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