U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden Monday night hosted an annual Halloween eve trick-or-treating that welcomed local public school students and military-connected children to the White House. Children of administration officials joined the group as well.
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken’s son appeared to dress up as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy and his daughter wore Ukrainian flag colors.
The White House was decorated with autumnal foliage, stacks of books, and multi-dimensional displays of ghoulish literary characters and tales, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the event.
A spooky story time corner was also a part of the Halloween festivities this year, featuring Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other special guests.
Jill Biden came out to the reading nook dressed as Willow the cat. Her theme, “Hallo-READ!,” highlighted famous literary tales and characters, ghost stories, and the spooktacular thrill of reading.
According to White House officials, approximately 8,000 guests participated in this year’s Halloween event, with each family receiving chocolate and candy treats provided by the National Confectioners Association and its member companies.
Alex Raufoglu
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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