GERMAN DIPLOMAT TO LEAD OSCE MISSION IN ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL POLL
Mediamax
Jan 10 2008
Armenia
Yerevan, 10 January: German diplomat and ambassador Geert-Hinrich
Ahrens, 71, will lead the long-term observation mission of the Office
for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE in Armenia.
Ambassador Ahrens told Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan on
9 January that the mission would function with maximum transparency.
A total of 28 long-term and 250 short-term observers from the OSCE will
monitor the Armenian presidential election scheduled for 19 February.