Today's session of the PACE in Strasbourg rejected the resolution on escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh - there are 66 votes for the text, 70 against, 45 abstain.
MPs rejected a resolution of the British MP Robert Walter, entitled: "The escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan."
Due to the fact that Walter is no longer a deputy, the document presented Norwegian MP Mogens Jensen, who recalled that the Armenian side did not allow him to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The document was rejected by a number of deputies from France, Hungary, Sweden and Germany. As an argument against was noted one-sidedness of the mentioned document, violation of democracy in Azerbaijan and the need to keep a balance.
The report called for the "withdrawal of Armenian armed forces and other irregular forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan, urged the governments of both countries to refrain from using military force, called on the OSCE to establish an international peacekeeping force to maintain security in Nagorno-Karabakh, to ensure the safe return of displaced persons and the establishment of a mechanism to investigate violations of the ceasefire. -02В-
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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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