PACE MISSION TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA ON JAN 28
ARKA News Agency
Jan 23 2008
Armenia
YEREVAN, January 23. /ARKA/. The PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe) Mission headed by John Prescott arrives in
Armenia on January 28 on the occasion of the forthcoming presidential
election. On January 29, the delegation will meet with Boyana Urumova,
special representative of OSCE/ODIHR Secretary General.
The OSCE observers plan to meet with RA NA (National Assembly)
Speaker Tigran Torosian and members of the Armenian delegation in
PACE. President of the RA Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan and
Chairman of the RA Central Electoral Commission Garegin Azarian will
meet with OSCE representatives on January 29.
The OSCE Observers plan to meet with presidential candidates on
January 30.
Round table discussions with mass media representatives are scheduled
as well.
The mission’s meeting with RA President Robert Kocharian is scheduled
for January 30.
Next day, the observers will meet with members of the National
Television and Radio Committee and the Council of the Public Television
and Radio. RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and Head of the RA
Police Haik Harutyunyan will also meet with the guests. After this,
the OSCE observers will meet once again with Garegin Azarian.
The results of the meetings will be made public on February 1, after
the delegation departs from Yerevan.
Presidential election in Armenia is scheduled for February 19, 2008.
Nine candidates have been nominated by the RA Central Electoral
Commission.