OSCE PLANS TO EXTEND ITS ELECTION MONITORING MISSION IN ARMENIA TO 90 DAYS
Armenpress
Oct 19 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, ARMENPRESS: Deputy parliament chairman Vahan
Hovhanesian, who is also head of Armenian Delegation to the OSCE
Parliamentary Assembly and Samvel Nikoyan, a Delegation member,
met today with the visiting U.S. ambassador to the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe, Julie Finley.
Armenian parliament press service said Julie Finley stressed that next
national elections in Armenia must be in conformity with international
standards saying the OSCE would like to extend its mission’s presence
in Armenia to monitor preparations for the next parliamentary elections
to 90 days. She said the presence of observers during pre-election
campaign as important as on the voting day.
The Armenian officials were said to underline the importance of fair
and transparent polls saying the parliament is set to pass a set
of changes to election code which were approved by the OSCE and the
Council of Europe.