On Thursday the head of state Ilham Aliyev received the Minister of Communications of Iran, co-chairman of the State Commission for Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran, Mahmoud Vaezi. During the meeting, Aliyev announced that Vaezi has a "special merits" in the development of friendship and cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran, for which he was awarded the "Dostlug" Order ( "Friendship"). In his turn, Mahmoud Vaezi stressed that he feels a sense of pride because that serves the interests of Iran and Azerbaijan. Today, the meeting of Vaezi with the Azerbaijni Minister of Economy Shahin Mustafayev resulted in signing four memorandums. In particular, the Sumgayit industrial park, Azerbaijan Investment Company and the company "Azersun" Iranian companies have signed with the "Khodro" and "Darou Pakhsh" a document on the production of medicines and automobiles in Azerbaijan. In particular, it is intended to establish production of 52 kinds of medicines in Sumgait. It is also expected to launch joint production of passenger cars in the city of Neftchala. It is planned to complete the construction of car plant in two years. -02D-
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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