Baku / 06.02.20 / Turan: Karabakh Armenians who are citizens of Azerbaijan can take part in the February 9 parliamentary elections.
This statement was made by the head of the CEC of Azerbaijan, Mazahir Panahov, at a meeting of the CEC on February 5.
According to him, the CEC is ready to create all conditions for the free expression of the will of the Karabakh Armenians.
At the same time, Panahov did not specify how and where the Armenians of Karabakh can vote if they want to do it.
Commenting on the statement by the head of the CEC, legal expert Alesker Mammadli said it is practically not feasible.
From a legal point of view, the occupied lands are the internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan. However, the inhabitants of these territories are under the control of the occupation regime and do not have documents proving their Azerbaijani citizenship on the basis of which they could take part in the elections.
In addition, there are no polling stations where they could vote if they would like to do this, he noted. –02 / 06D--
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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