Baku/31.10.18/Turan: On Thursday the Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov inspected the advanced positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Nakhchivan, the press service of the Defense Ministry reported. According to the same source, the Minister got acquainted with the new positions in the area of the Gunnyut village, at the height of Gizilgaya, as well as with the engineering structures and army facilities created there.
A day earlier, the minister observed the tactical exercises of military units of special forces stationed in Nakhchivan. The above-mentioned territories came under the control of the Azerbaijani side during the operation in May-June 2018. The previously indicated territories of Azerbaijan (over 100 hectares) were in fact a neutral strip. -02D-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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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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