OSCE OFFICE FOR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO OBSERVE PREPARATION TO ELECTIONS OF ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

Experts of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will observe the preparation and holding of the presidential elections planned February 19. As chief of the observation mission Peter Eicher said in Yerevan today, 26 European experts from 16 OSCE member countries served on it. Over 200 short-term observers to monitor the processes of voting and counting the votes will arrive in Armenia on the eve of the elections. “We will monitor the electoral and political campaign, mass media coverage of the elections and the deciding of electoral disputes,” – P.Eicher said. The OSCE mission will publish the preliminary conclusion on the elections February 20, and the final report will be ready in a month.