Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
May 13 2007

Observers from OSCE and the Council of Europe stated that the
parliamentary elections in Armenia to a considerable degree
corresponded to the international standards

Yerevan, May 13. /Mediamax/. The joint Observation Mission of
ODIHR/OSCE, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the European Parliament stated in
Yerevan today that the parliamentary elections in Armenia to a
considerable degree corresponded to the international standards.

As the Special Coordinator of OSCE for the elections in Armenia,
Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Tone Tingsgaard
stated at a news conference in Yerevan today, as compared to the
previous parliamentary elections there were positive changes
registered. According to him, the observers also registered some
shortcomings, in particular, the slow speed of vote-count.
Nevertheless, the given shortcomings were not substantial. `All this
is good for the young Armenian democracy’, Tone Tingsgaard stated.

The Head of the Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe Leo Platvoet stated that the held elections were a
progress as compared to the previous elections, which were criticized
of by the international community. `The Council of Europe
congratulates its member on the progress during the elections’, Leo
Platvoet stated.–0–