The theme of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement requires silence, and diplomats and experts should work on it, said at a press briefing Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Maria Zakharova, responding to a question about the results of the trilateral meeting of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in St. Petersburg. "It is important not to spray the positive progress in the public rhetoric, it must be preserved, in order to be realized in the course of concrete steps. Some topics require silence, because diplomats and experts should work here," she said. Expressing understanding of the media’s interest in the topic, she noted that "there is a difference between informing and use of public space for the tug of war." After the meeting of the three presidents the representative of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov said on reaching agreement on a phased settlement. The Armenian side denied it, and the Russian Foreign Ministry, represented by Zakharova called Mamedov “unfair and perverse.”- 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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