In his speech on 7 December, at the 19th meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Dublin , the Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, accused Azerbaijan.
"Dozens of trips of the OSCE Minsk Group to the region, unfortunately, were not successful, because the Azerbaijani side, one by one rejected all offers of the co-chairs. We see the attempts of Azerbaijan to undermine the work under the mandate of the OSCE," said Nalbaldyan.
In his view, Azerbaijan takes maximalist negotiating position, and impedes the work of the Minsk Group. "Azerbaijan tries to replace the mediators and denigrate their efforts," said Nalbandian.
He reminded about the release of the Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov extradited from Hungary. Nalbandian stressed that in Azerbaijan "he was turned into a symbol of national pride."
Nalbaldyan noted that "Armenia is on the side of the co-chairs towards a peaceful settlement." "We also regret that no breakthrough was obtained in the Kazan summit," said Nalbandian.
Previously the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, said that the obstacle to resolving the conflict is just the position of Armenia, which does not want to change the status quo and the liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
Speeches of the heads of delegations of the 57 OSCE and partners continue today in Dublin. After the completion of all presentations ministers will adopt a number of documents as part of the OSCE Ministerial Council. -04С-
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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