Today, many Americans will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, at an event organized by the Azerbaijan-American Alliance (AAA) in the National Park in Washington.
In the official declaration the Alliance does not say that the "Flower Day" was established in Azerbaijan as the birthday of the founder of the ruling regime in Azerbaijan, a former communist boss and KGB General Heydar Aliyev.
The Alliance argues that "the Flower Festival is celebrated in Azerbaijan for more than half a century in the beginning of May." The Flower Day allegedly marks the arrival of spring and the spirit of renewal.
The American Society of Azerbaijanis, AZAD said that every year on May 10, millions of dollars of state funds are spent on the purchase of exotic flowers and organizing various activities to mark the birthday of Aliyev. This is just one of many manifestations of the cult of personality around the figure of Heydar Aliyev, when officials at all levels are trying to outdo each other in holding events in honor of the "Dear Leader."
The Azerbaijani government spends considerable effort and large sums for the promotion of the cult of personality beyond the country's borders.
AAA is controlled by Anar Mammadov, son of the Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov, whose name is often mentioned in Wikileaks due to corruption scandals.
AAA is funded out of the empire ZQAN Holding. These tools allow them to spend time with U.S. officials, including House Speaker John Boehner, said AZAD. -02D-
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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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