The 40th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) has opened in Baku.
A day earlier, the sittings of various committees of the BSEC PA took place. They considered the issues on the agenda.
The message from President Ilham Aliyev to the participants said that transnational projects implemented by joint efforts of the BSEC Member States have created favorable conditions for the dynamic development of the region.
"However, along with this, the existence of a number of problems in our region, whose solution is delayed, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, remains a major obstacle to the progress of the countries located here. Undoubtedly the just resolution of most of the conflicts, on the basis of universally recognized principles and norms of international law, can open up completely new perspectives for the development of international cooperation," the document says.
The BSEC was established in 1992. Its members include Russia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
Austria, Germany, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Tunisia, France, the European Energy Charter Conference and the International Black Sea Club have observer status in the organization.
The purpose of the organization is the establishment of multilateral cooperation in the Black Sea basin in trade, transport, tourism and other areas. The headquarters of the organization is located in Istanbul.
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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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