The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received on July 11 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Baku for a two-day working visit. "We appreciate Russia's role in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict", said Aliyev, noting that the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister in Baku and Yerevan shows that Moscow is interested in the soonest resolution of the conflict.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry, announcing the visit of Lavrov, said that during the meetings in Baku will be discussed upcoming negotiations in the context of the continuation of the development of Russian-Azerbaijani political dialogue, will discuss topical issues of the bilateral agenda and exchanged views on issues of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in the agreements reached at the recent summits in Vienna and St. Petersburg.
During the visit, Lavrov will also discuss issues on the agenda of the next meeting of the intergovernmental commission, which will be held in Baku in autumn, as well as preparation for the upcoming Fifth Baku International Humanitarian Forum to be held on September 29 under the patronage of the presidents of the two countries.—0—
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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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On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
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