NATO SECRETARY GENERAL IS SATISFIED THAT ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA WERE CONSIDERED TO BE LARGELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
May 15 2007
Yerevan, May 15. /Mediamax/. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer "noted with satisfaction that this weekend’s parliamentary
elections in Armenia were considered by international monitors to
be largely in accordance with Armenia’s OSCE and Council of Europe
commitments".
Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the parliamentary elections
in Armenia reads this, Mediamax reports.
"I encourage the Armenian authorities to investigate thoroughly all
complaints and to address the remaining problems identified by the
international observers. NATO will continue to support Armenia’s reform
efforts and to continue our strong cooperation in the Partnership
for Peace", Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stated.
Mediamax notes that democratic reform is one of the key directions
of the Armenian Individual Partnership Action Plan /IPAP/ that came
into force in January, 2006.