President Ilham Aliyev outlined the moral code of the Azerbaijani officials. "Public officials should serve, and to serve the people. Of this I have already spoken. A government official in society should be a model for every citizen. A model of modesty, purity and service to the motherland. State officials should be the chosen people. Their professional and moral qualities should be at a high level. Official-citizen relations should be based on the basis of respect. Where there are deficiencies, violations, of course, measures, and this process would continue, "- said Aliyev April 14 at the government meeting dedicated to socio-economic development of the country in the first quarter of 2013 .
Aliyev Called for "More Serious Fight against Bribery and Corruption."
Aliyev repeatedly urged officials to modesty. However, not a single senior official has declared to publicly disclose their income and other assets, as required by law. Moreover, the amendments made in the legislation last year allow public officials to hide their shares in commercial entities from legal check. So the law creates officials quite comfortable conditions for not modest, but people rather preferring a life of luxury. -06D -
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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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