Yerevan / 12.04.16 / Turan-ArmInfo: The concessions in the Karabakh issue cannot be one-sided, said Ashot Ghulyan, "speaker of parliament" of Karabakh, in an interview with radio "Freedom". "I believe that Azerbaijan's actions during this period lead to the opposite effect, since Azerbaijan demonstrates the destructive policy of escalation of the situation. And I think that not only in Karabakh but also in Armenia and the Diaspora in general, the position on the settlement of the Karabakh problem has aggravated," he said.
Being asked whether the Karabakh party is ready to make concessions to solve the conflict, Gulian said: "We cannot afford to talk about some concessions, with a constant threat around us."
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Baku that the peace agreement should provide for the release of the regions around Karabakh and the simultaneous determination of Karabakh's status. Baku agrees with that, but Armenians do not agree, and demand to provide independence of Karabakh. -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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