OSCE OBSERVERS TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA HALF A MONTH PRIOR TO ELECTIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.02.2007 14:08 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ OSCE long-term mission on observing the parliamentary
elections in Armenia, which will be held May 12, will arrive half a
month prior to voting.
And earlier a delegation will arrive in Armenia to watch the
process of preparing the elections, stated OSCE PA Chairman Goran
Lennmarker. It’s truth that the authorities of Armenia have not sent
official invitation yet, but in Lennmarker’s words, "there will be no
problems in this question." "Undoubtedly, the Armenian nation wants
fair and transparent elections.
I hope the authorities will provide all necessary conditions to hold
such elections," Lennmarker stressed.
The delegation at the head of OSCE PA Chairman departed for Tbilisi,
and tomorrow will arrive in Azerbaijan, where a meeting with Azeri
President Ilham Aliev will take place. As to the meeting with Armenian
President Robert Kocharian, which was scheduled but did not take place,
Goran Lennmarker explained it that the head of the state was not in
Yerevan," RFE/RL reports.