In 2014, the Karabakh forces stepped up the defensive line. "There were made significant steps to improve the effectiveness of combat duty. Recharge at the forefront of technology makes it possible to obtain information about the intentions of the enemy, and in time to prevent his actions and possible losses from the Armenian side. " This was stated by a commander of the Karabakh separatists Movses Hakobyan.
Commenting on the escalation of tension on the contact line, Hakobyan blamed on Azerbaijan, saying that the enemy had several objectives: to undermine the credibility of the Armenian army because of rising losses, involve the Armenian side in the arms race, destabilize the political situation in Armenia and facilitate migration and justify spending on defense.
According to Hakobyan, "acts of sabotage by Azerbaijan carries a special team 062 trained in Turkey. The remaining units of the enemy armed forces were not involved in any subversive outing, which testifies to their low combat capability, he said.
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has not yet commented this statement by Hakobyan. Note that in summer and autumn 2014 on the front line there were serious clashes, which resulted in dozens of fatalities on both sides. Then Baku accused Armenia of trying to disrupt the peace process and put the blame for the escalation of the Armenian side. -02D-
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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