During the visit of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to Azerbaijan, a series of documents on bilateral cooperation has been signed. The ceremony took place at the end of Poroshenko’s talks with Ilham Aliyev with the participation of delegations, the press service of the Ukrainian President said.
Poroshenko and Aliyev signed a protocol of the fifth session of the Council of Presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
The Head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov and the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan Aydin Aliyev signed a protocol on cooperation between the authorities in the fight against customs offenses when moving goods by air.
The document provides for the establishment of rapid exchange of information between the parties to combat smuggling.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin and the Azeri Minister of Culture Garayev signed a program on cooperation in the sphere of culture and art in the years 2016-2020.
It is expected that the program will promote cooperation in the fields of culture, art and education. -02D-
Politics
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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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