A source in the Kremlin confirmed the “Kommersant”newspaper that Vladimir Putin intends to revive the peace process for the solution of the Karabakh conflict. In this case, the initiative to settle the conflict will pass from the western mediators in Moscow, the newspaper said. "We used all the diplomatic means to bring the parties to the negotiating table as soon as possible," said the Kremlin source newspaper.
However, the idea of new talks Karabakh was met cautiously, saying that Nagorno Karabakh should participate in the negotiations, not only Armenia and Azerbaijan. In this case the Armenian side says that it is ready to accept a document on the settlement of Kazan, was presented in 2011 Moscow. The essence is to the liberate seven regions around Karabakh in exchange for recognition of its independence. On April 21-22, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss the situation in Yerevan.
The expert of the Moscow Carnegie Center Alexei Malashenko believes that Putin's actions are encouraged by active uneasy relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. "Armenia expresses a growing dissatisfaction with the lack of clear support on the part of Moscow as the leader of the CSTO and the sale of Russian weapons to Azerbaijan.
At the same time, in the relations with Azerbaijan is important for Moscow to prevent it from falling into the orbit of the full impact of Turkey, said Malashenko. -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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