YEREVAN.- Secretary General of CSTO Nikolay Bordyuzha labeled Azerbaijan’s decision to down civilian airplanes as “a ridiculous joke”.

Commenting on Azerbaijani government’s decision to shoot down the civilian planes overflying Nagorno-Karabakh, Bordyuzha said it is either misinterpretation or a ridiculous joke.

“I am considering Azerbaijan a civilized state. A state which will be consistent with universal values,” Bordyuzha said answering the question of Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.

CSTO Secretary General doubts that leadership of any country will be able to give a command to shoot down a plane intentionally.

“We witnessed such cases in our history. We remember a tragedy in the Far East and the response of the international community. I do not think any state can allow itself to really destroy a civilian aircraft. So, I do not take this information seriously,” he resumed.

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