Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili at a briefing in Tbilisi said that on February 27 he would make a visit to Azerbaijan. Nothing was reported on the details of his trip, stating that among the delegation members is also Gigi Ugulava. However, a lawsuit was filed against the mayor, and the prosecutor office demanded him not to leave the country.
Official Baku has not yet reported on the visit of the President of Georgia.
* Ugulava is accused of misappropriation of the TV Company "Imedi", the former co-owner of which, an American Joseph Kay, according to investigation, was forced in 2008 to sell his share to the mayor under the pressure of threats. According to investigators, the acquisition was financed through the Tbilisi Mayor Office fictitious transaction. The mayor is also accused of creating fictitious jobs for activists of the "United National Movement". Investigators believe that 764 activists of the ruling party illegally received 4.1 million lari (about $ 2.5 million.) from the capital budget -16D-
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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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