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Baku / 13.07.20 / Turan: Official Yerevan rejected Baku’s charges of provocation in the Tovuz region, presenting its version of what happened on July 12,
According to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, on Sunday afternoon a UAZ car with the Azerbaijani military tried to violate the state border. After a warning fire, the Azerbaijani military, having left the car, returned to their positions.
However, an hour later, the Azerbaijani side opened artillery fire and tried to seize the Armenian post. Return fire was opened, and the Azerbaijani military retreated, suffering casualties. There were no losses from the Armenian side.
Note that the sides do not indicate the exact location of the combat clash. According to unofficial data, the incident took place near the village of Agdam, Tovuz region. The territory of the village is adjacent to the border with Armenia. -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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