In the Court of Grave Crimes Ganja on Monday continued Preliminary hearing on the case of Armenian POW Armen Baghdasaryan continued in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. He was captured on December 26, 2014, and is accused of preparing terrorist attacks and sabotage against Azerbaijan. The trial was held behind closed doors. It is impossible to get comment before a court or a lawyer. The trial was attended by members of the local television channel Kapaz TV.
According to information of this media, Bagdasarian did not deny the charges against him. Moreover, he made statements and appeals of a political nature. In particular, he called to liberate the occupied Azerbaijani territories, return of Azerbaijani prisoners of war. He also expressed satisfaction with the attitude to him and thanked the President of Azerbaijan for this; he said that there was not pressure on him, and he says it on his own. The trial is scheduled for April 20.
The Armenian side claims that at the time of captivity Baghdasaryan did not serve in the army. -02D-
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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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