INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM ARMENIA JUST DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS,
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO OSCE SAYS
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving on October 19 the
delegation headed by Julie Finley, the U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE,
RA National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian gave detailed information
about processes relating to amendments to the Electoral Code, attaching
importance to adoption of those amendments at a level proper to
the democtratic standards, in time, with accounting of the experts’
conclusions. It was mentioned that today an agreement was reached as
a result of a discussion with political forces to discuss the draft
Electoral Code in the first reading during the coming NA four-days and
to adopt in the second reading and also with agreeing some problematic
issues with experts of international structures before the second
reading to adopt the Electoral Code in the second reading during the
December four-day. Julie Finley attached importance to the issue of
observation missions’ both short-term and long-term participation in
the parliamentary elections. He emphasized that the international
community expects from Armenia free, just democratic elections for
holding of which not only a good Electoral Code is important but also
its application. Exclusion of double standards and application of joint
standards of estimation were bilateraly touched upon in this issue.
T.Torosian mentioned that first of all the authorities of Armenia
are interested in holding elections according to the democratic
standards, attaching importance to their influence on the country’s
future development and progress. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the
RA NA Public Relations Department, the Nagorno Karabakh issue was
also touched upon at the meeting. As J.Finley represents at the OSCE
a Minsk Group Co-Chair country, T.Torosian presented her some of
his viewpoints relating to the processes of overcoming the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict. The NA Speaker mentioned that any international
organization is free to discuss the Nagorno Karabakh problem (for
example, it was discussed at the Council of Europe and a resolution
was adopted), those discussions are sometimes useful as well. But when
attempts are made to move the conflict settlement problems to other
international organizations, it is inadmissible as a settlement of
conflicts is a difficult issue, demand much time and deep awareness
of the problem. So, in T.Torosian’s words, similar attempts bring
not to finding settlement in other instances but to failure of the
process. The NA Speaker attached importance to the problem solution
just within the frameworks of the Minsk Group where the Co-Chairmen
are well informed about all the details.
It is not occasional that just they proposed recently a resolution,
which, unlike the previous ones, is notable for creating real
possibilities for the settlement: this resolution proposes not to
oppose but to combine the principles of the nations’ self-determination
and territorial integrity.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
