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Telephone conversation of I. Aliyev with H. Rukhani
Baku/14.08.19/Turan: President Hassan Rouhani spoke with President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan on telephone and offered the Azerbaijani government and nation congratulations on Eid al-Adha, saying, "Fortunately, the progress of relations and cooperation between the two countries is developing and positive".
He also described visits by Iranian and Azerbaijani authorities and ministers effective in deepening relations between the two countries and expressed hope that the process of implementing agreements increases.
"The Republic of Azerbaijan has always been a friendly and brotherly country for Iran and this friendship between the two nations will further deepen," he said.
During the same phone call, President Ilham Aliyev of the Republic of Azerbaijan also offered the Iranian government and nation congratulations on Eid al-Adha, saying, "Close Iran-Azerbaijan relations the result of both sides' efforts and relations".
He added, "There is no doubt that relations between the two countries and nations will be better than before and developing". -02D-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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