Will the OSCE Minsk Group be involved in the Karabakh conflict settlement? This question was posed to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova at a briefing in Moscow, in the light of allegations that Russia took the lead in resolving the conflict.
Responding to the question, Zakharova said the meeting of the three Presidents in St. Petersburg "disavowed all fears that Russia has come up with a new format to solve the problem, pushing aside the OSCE Minsk Group to participate in the negotiation process."
Representatives of the co-chairing countries were informed, and we are not talking about any awareness after the fact, on the contrary, the issues were studied and the co-chairs were well informed before the meeting, Zakharova said.
In the form and content all the potential accumulated in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group is preserved and if the parties themselves and colleagues from Europe and America praised the meeting in St. Petersburg and spent effort, it is the best proof that it was useful, Zakharova concluded. -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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