Rapporteurs of the PACE Monitoring Committee Stefan Shennak and Cesar Preda visited in the jain N12 the leader of the REAL Movement Ilgar Mammadov. According to REAL Movement, Mammadov said that the activities of the rapporteurs on political prisoners did not satisfy him, but he wishes them success. Mammadov said that the approach of the Romanian deputy Preda causing questions. In particular, he said that for the release of youth activists Bayram Mammadov and Giyas Ibrahimov (arrested for graffiti on the monument to Heydar Aliyev), must work hard those who erected a monument to Heydar Aliyev in Romania. It should be noted that two years ago the European Court passed a ruling on the illegal arrest of Mammadov, but the Azerbaijani authorities refused to perform it.-03D-
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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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