Legislative Assembly of the U.S. state of Connecticut passed a resolution recognizing the Khojaly massacre. The text of the document was passed on May 8 the counselor of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the United States, Mamed Talibov, by the Senator Andrew Maynard and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State, Kevin Ryan, at the 3rd Annual Turkic Day at the State Capitol held in Hartford city of Connecticut, according to the Azerbaijani embassy in Washington.
A resolution recognizing the Khojaly events was adopted by the lawmakers of the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Maine, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Tennessee.
In addition, the Khojali events were recognized also by the parliaments of Mexico and Pakistan.
* On the night of February 25 to 26 the Armenian armed forces with the support of 366 infantry regiment of the Russian army seized the Khojaly city populated with Azerbaijanis. The military operation was accompanied by massacres of civilians; 613 people were killed, 487 people were wounded, 1275 were captured, the fate of many of them is still unknown.—06D-
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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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