ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES INTERESTED IN HOLDING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.03.2007 15:51 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian had a
meeting with Ambassador Boris Frlec, head of OSCE’s ODIHR (Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) observation mission, which
will closely watch the May 12 parliamentary elections in Armenia. Boris
Frlec informed the minister about OSCE’s ODIHR mission goals, which
opened its representation in Armenia for long-term monitoring of
electoral campaign and the process of parliamentarian elections. On
the eve of elections some 300 observers will arrive in Armenia from
OSCE member-states with a short-term mission.

In his part the RA FM expressed readiness to assist the mission and
underlined that Armenian authorities are interested in holding free
and fair elections. The two particularly underscored the necessity of
participation in elections of all political parties in the republic,
the RA MFA Press Office reports.