Ukrainian railways appealed to Azerbaijan with a request to reduce by 50% the tariffs for railway transportation. According to the Ukrainian media referring to the head of the commercial department of Ukrainian railways Ivan Horyakov.
I. Horyakov said that if Ukraine does not find an alternative way to deliver cargo to Central Asia, it will lose a year a million tons of freight traffic. Ukrainian officials said that to increase the attractiveness of the corridor through Georgia and Azerbaijan, it is necessary to reduce tariffs and speed up the transport of goods.
"Rates should reduce not only the railway, but also companies carrying cargo by ferry across the Caspian Sea. At the same time it is necessary to reduce the charges at the port," he said.
Earlier, Russia refused to pass Ukrainian cargo through its territory. In response, Ukraine has agreed with Georgia and Azerbaijan on transportation to Central Asia via the Black Sea and the South Caucasus. -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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