On Tuesday the head of the civil Movement "Republican Alternative" (REAL), Ilgar Mammadov was questioned for two hours in the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor Office on the events in Ismayilli.
In an interview with Turan, he said that he told investigation, that on January 24 he really was in Ismayilli region for getting acquainted with the situation and communicating with the local population.
The investigator said Mammadov that the investigation revealed that Mammadov had incited the citizens to disobedience and illegal activities, but Mammadov answered that it was "a fiction and a provocation."
Mamedov did not exclude that he was summoned to the investigation because of publication of the materials proving that the "Chirag" Hotel belonged to Vugar Alekperov, the son of Fizuli Alekperov, the Minister of Labor.—06В-
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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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