At today's meeting of the Milli Majlis deputies Gudrat Hasanguliyev, Fazil Mustafa and Iqbal Aghazadeh proposed to pardon political prisoners on the Day of Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis celebrated on December 31.
According Hasanguliyev, this initiative is important, at least on the eve of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which is expected to discuss the issue of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The country's leadership should not allow the adoption of decisions against Azerbaijan. "The action of humanity is important not in itself, but as a chance to reduce to zero the possibility of enemies to use such questions against Azerbaijan," he said.
According to Siyavush Novruzov, a representative of the ruling party "Yeni Azerbaijan", Azerbaijan has no political prisoners. Law enforcement agencies are not to blame for bringing to justice representatives of various opposition parties who had committed a "real" crime. International NGOs declare them political prisoners long before the court trial. Against Armenia and Georgia, where the situation is no better, there are not such charges, he said. -17D—
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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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