The main purpose of the visit of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Hoagland, to Azerbaijan is to discuss issues related to the transport corridor project "Silk Road." This Hoagland said at a briefing on Thursday at the US Embassy.
According to him, the United States supports the development of the "Silk Road", but is a specific decision on this matter pending.
Hoagland also spoke of an agreement between Iran and the "Six" on its nuclear program. Asking the question whether Iran is involved in regional energy projects after the lifting of sanctions, Hoagland said that the IAEA within 6 months to consider the technical aspects of the agreement, and all this time the sanctions will continue to operate. It is unclear how to change the situation in six months, he said.
"We hope that economic changes will in a positive way," said Hoagland.
Commenting on the reasons for the reduction of US investments in Azerbaijan, Hoagland said,
"There is not a political context in the statistics of reduction the US investment in Azerbaijan. The US companies are privately owned. The government does not control them, we do not have state-owned companies, so companies make investments when it is economically beneficial.
So far, we have invested in Azerbaijan large investments. With the improvement of relations between our countries and the conditions for investment, investments will grow, " said Hogland.-16D-
Politics
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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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