HEAD OF OSCE/ODIHR OBSERVER MISSION PRESENTS INTERIM REPORT TO ARMENIAN FM

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
May 25 2007

YEREVAN, May 25. /ARKA/. Head of the OSCE/ODIHR observer mission
Boris Frlec presented the first post-election interim report on the
parliamentary elections in Armenia to RA Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanyan.

The Information Department, RA Foreign Office, reports that the report
contains summed up results and information on the complaints taken
for consideration.

Frlec pointed out that the facts contained in the report are based
on the results of observations, and the OSCE/ODIHR mission will
continue monitoring the process of lodging the cases with the RA
Constitutional Court.

Ambassador Frlec presented the mission’s monitoring of elections and
post-election processes. He stressed that the processes are evidence
of progress in the organization of elections in Armenia. Frlec also
added that the observer mission has worked out introductions to
eliminate the shortcomings.

In his turn, Minister Oskanyan stressed the importance of an
unbiased assessment of the parliamentary elections on the part
of international observers. He expressed the conviction that the
coming presidential election will be an important step to Armenia’s
democratization.