Azerbaijan and Qatar agreed to establish an intergovernmental commission on cooperation in trade, economic and technical fields.
"The Agreement to establish a joint economic, commercial and technical commission between the governments of Azerbaijan and Qatar" was signed in Baku on March 8 after the negotiations of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
The parties also signed seven documents. They include "The Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan and the General Directorate of Customs of Qatar in the field of vocational training and skills development"; "The Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the Ministry of Transport of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Qatar in the field of transport"; "The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Finance of Qatar on cooperation in matters of budget and finance"; "The Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the governments of Azerbaijan and Qatar in the field of agriculture"; "The Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the governments of Azerbaijan and Qatar in the field of education, higher education and scientific research"; "The Agreement on Cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice of Qatar in the legal field" and "The Protocol amending the Agreement between the governments of Azerbaijan and Qatar on the abolition of visa requirements for persons with diplomatic and special passports." -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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