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Baku/13.08.21/Turan: On August 12, at 21:26, the Armenian armed forces fired at Azerbaijani positions from the village of Khoznavar, Goris region towards the settlement of Garygyshlag, Lachin region.
On August 13, at 02:30, positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces were shelled in the settlements of Yukhary Veysalli, Fizuli region; Sygnakh region and in the vicinity of the town of Shusha.
The fire was led by Armenian units from the territory of Azerbaijan where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed.
There are no dead or wounded, the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
Meanwhile, the information bulletin of the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh says that "on August 11, at 7:29 and 7:58, the Azerbaijani armed forces launched two strikes from quadrocopters on the position of the armed formations of Nagorno-Karabakh 2 km northwest of the EGCAOG. There are no injuries." -02D-
Politics
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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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