Today Ilham Aliyev received the Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of PACE Alain Destexhe, the website of the head of state.
Aliyev noted that the relations between the Council of Europe and Azerbaijan continue for more than 15 years and maintained close cooperation with the various Council of Europe bodies. According to Aliyev, the country has made important steps towards democratization, conducted reforms to diversify the economy. Destexhe ‘s activity causes critique of local human rights defenders.
Members of the working group for drawing up a single list of political prisoners in January appealed to the PACE to appoint new rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan.
They pointed out that the Belgian MP Alain Destexhe appointed on 7 March, 2016 to assess the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan, did not work on its mandate, he shied away from cooperation with civil society representatives and human rights defenders, and did not come into the country in the framework of the mandate.
Alain Destexhe only once came to Baku, during the opening races Formula 1 in June 2016, and met only with officials, reads the appeal.-06D-
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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