On October 25-26, and the 35th session of the International Steering Committee of the International Transparency Initiative in the mining industry (EITI)to be held in Astana will be discussed the implementation of Azerbaijan's commitments in the framework of the structure. In May last year Azerbaijan's status in the EITI was downgraded to a candidate country.
The coordinator of the Coalition of NGOs for transparency in the extractive industries Gubad Ibadoglu, a meeting participant, wrote on the Facebook that the steering committee will assess the implementation of correctional programs and will consider Azerbaijan's membership in EITI.
The program included the cessation of pressure on civil society, lifting the ban on leaving the country, unfreezing bank accounts, removal of restrictions on foreign funding of NGOs.
The meeting will be attended also by the official delegation of Azerbaijan headed by the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund Shahmar Movsumov.
The decision on Azerbaijan will be adopted on 26 October. -03B-
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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