ARMENIAN MINISTER, OSCE OFFICIAL DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR POLLS

Mediamax, Armenia
15 Jan 2007

Yerevan, 15 January: Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian and
the director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human
Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, discussed issues of
organizing the forthcoming parliamentary election at a meeting in
Yerevan today.

The sides noted the importance of conducting the election in a free
and fair atmosphere. In this context, the OSCE’s role in drawing up
Armenia’s Electoral Code, re-training electoral agencies and rendering
them with expertise was also noted.

They expressed the hope that Armenia will successfully continue the
process of bringing up its legislation into line with the modern
international norms as well as legal and judicial reforms that will
ensure fully-fledged protection of human right.