REPUBLICAN PARTY GUARANTEES PRESENCE OF OSCE OBSERVERS

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 20 2006

When Robert Kocharyan refused to receive the U.S. envoy to the OSCE
Julia Finley, suggestions were made that official Yerevan is unlikely
to invite the OSCE observers to the parliamentary election in 2007.

Considering this and the habit of the Republican Party to assert
that they will make every effort to hold free and fair elections,
we inquired from Gagik Melikyan, the secretary of the Republican
Faction hosted at the Hayeli club on October 24 if the Republican
Party guarantees that the OSCE observers will be invited to Armenia.

"By all means, certainly, and rather early," stated the member of the
Republican Party and did not forget to emphasize that his political
party has political will to hold a fair election.