Recently, destructive elements have been attracted to the anti-Azerbaijani activities, and the threat on the part of certain foreign circles also increased, said the Minister Eldar Mahmudov at the meeting on the 94th anniversary of the MNS.
In particular, he touched recent operation carried out jointly with General Prosecutor Office, during which a group of detainees had a bottle with a "Molotov cocktail", intended for use in unauthorized meetings. He described it as the of activation of anti-Azerbaijani circles.
MNS chief also told that a group of seven people, which was preparing terrorist attacks, had a lot of weapons and ammunition, was made harmless.
He also told about making harmless a group of 22 people, which collaborated with foreign intelligence services and was engaged in espionage, preparing for terrorism and other crimes.
The Minister said that in preparation for the contest "Eurovision - 2012" were prevented terrorist activities of international groups. as a result of events in Baku and in the regions, 58 radical people were brought to justice.
The Minister also noted the arrest of 12 people for trying to incite inter-religious hatred and organizing mass disorders, which used the material and ideological support from foreign countries.
At the same time, the minister did not name specific names and dates of all these facts. -16D04-
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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