On 31 August the Council of Elders of the Federal National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis in Russia (AzerRos) accepted the resignation of its chairman Abbas Abbasov at his request. Abbas Abbasov informed the members of the Council of Elders AzerRos that his decision is thoughtful and measured.
The Elder Council appreciated the work of Abbas Abbasov to strengthen the organization and increase its prestige, to unite the Azerbaijani community, reads the message of AzerRos on the organization's website. However, from the message it is not clear who will lead this association of the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia.
Abbasov resigned from the post of deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan in 2008, and moved to Moscow.
In recent years, pro-government media began to accuse him of plotting a coup, implementing assignments and secret plans of the Kremlin on the change of power in Azerbaijan. These publications were obviously customized character and came from official structures in Baku.
However, the open confrontation with Abbas Abbasov was observed only between AzerRos and the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Moscow. -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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