Holding presidential elections will cost the Armenian state budget
almost 770mln drams

January 18, 2008

Yerevan /Mediamax/. The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia
made a decision today on inviting international observers for the
presidential elections of February 19.

Mediamax reports that the CEC invited the OSCE participant-states, Head
of the OSCE Yerevan Mission, the Special Representative of the
Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Armenia, heads of
Armenian representative offices of International IDEA and IFES, as well
as the Chairman of the CEC of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Earlier, the National Assembly of Armenia sent invitations to PACE, and
OSCE PA, CIS IPA, European Parliament, and the Armenian Foreign
Ministry ` to OSCE/ODIHR and the Executive Committee of CIS.

Holding the presidential elections of February 19 will cost the state
budget 769mln 855 thousand 259 drams.