Baku / 10.07.19 / Turan: On July 10, President Ilham Aliyev received a large group of French businessmen, members of the MEDEF organization.
During the conversation, Aliyev noted that Azerbaijan seeks to diversify its economy, to reduce its dependence on oil and gas - this is one of the main priorities. He encouraged French entrepreneurs to participate in these processes.
In turn, MEDEF President Geoffroi Ru Vou Bessio said that French business is interested in Azerbaijan. Together with him, representatives of 40 companies in the fields of banking, energy, environment and modern technologies arrived in Baku.
The head of SUEZ, Marie-Ange Dobon, spoke about the progress of cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of water supply. She expressed her willingness to expand cooperation and implement new projects.
During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on the prospects for cooperation in the fields of energy, transport, agriculture, renewable energy and high technologies. -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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