Baku /27.06.18/Turan: German defense concern Rheinmetall intends to conclude deals with Azerbaijan. In mid-June, the representative of the German company John Taylor and the Minister of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan Yaver Jamalov signed a declaration on "future bilateral cooperation," the German weekly Stern reported on June 27. The signing took place at the exhibition of defense industry Eurosatory near Paris.
"In the declaration of intent, both sides agreed to explore the possibilities of cooperation," Rheinmetall said in turn on June 27. According to the German concern, the document emphasizes that Rheinmetall will provide services that are not subject to the embargo of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
It should be recalled that, because of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the OSCE in 1992 introduced a ban on the supply of arms to both sides of the conflict - Armenia and Azerbaijan. -02D-
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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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