The party "Musavat" strongly condemned the sentence of imprisonment for a term of 10 years, the young activist Giyasov Ibrahimov. This was announced at a meeting of the party on 31 October.
The party believes that charges against Ibrahimov charges of drug trafficking and far-fetched, and claims that the real reason for his prosecution for writing slogans on the monument to Heydar Aliyev. "Musavat" considers that the sentence against Ibrahimov harsh as a continuation of the repressive policies of the authorities against the youth activists.
The head of the party Arif Hajili also informed about the results of his visit to Germany, where on October 22 took part in the founding conference of Musavat focal point, living in Europe.
"Musavat" has also condemned the adoption of amendments by the Parliament to the Law "On mass media", which give security forces to restrict media activity in areas of special operations against religious extremists. -06D—
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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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