«The main result of the visit to Baku is that the parties have confirmed that they are responsible and reliable partners in such a sensitive area as military-technical cooperation." About this Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter, commenting on the results of his talks with Ilham Aliyev.
As is known, the Russian side said that Azerbaijan did not fully pay for the delivered arms totalling $ 4 billion. The unpaid funds were not disclosed, but we can assume that we the talk is about millions of dollars.
The two-day talks were attended by representatives of Russian authorities - Rosoboronexport and the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.
The trip was not planned previously: "Some difficulties appeared with export contracts to be resolved at the highest level," the newspaper Kommersant was told by a source in these departments.
The sides will consider the payment on arms contracts signed several years ago. After the fall in oil prices, Azerbaijan had problems with payment. "It even happened that the equipment they ordered was manufactured and delivered, but they are in the port of unloading, waiting for resolution of the whole situation," said the source of the newspaper. -02B-
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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