ROBERT KOCHARYAN: RA GOVERNMENT IS DECISIVE TO ORGANIZE ELECTIONS CORRESPONDING TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
ArmRadio.am
20.04.2007 16:56
RA President Robert Kocharyan today received the Vice-Speaker of
the upper chamber of the Russian Parliament Alexander Torshin and
the Secretary General of the CIS Interparlaimentary Assembly Mikhail
Krotov, who are leading the delegation of the CIS Interparliamentary
Assembly observing the parliamentary elections in Armenia.
"The Armenian Government is decisive to organize elections
corresponding to international standards and create all the conditions
for carrying out observation mission," RA President said during the
meeting, President’s Press Office informs.
Mikhail Krotov informed that the Yerevan Office of the CIS
Interparlaimentary Assembly International Institute for Monitoring
Democracy, Development of Parliamentarism, Defense of Human Rights has
been operating since March. Its work group comprised of 29 observers
provides weekly reports on the electoral process.
According to CIS observers, the preliminary monitoring results
show that the preparation works are are rather effective, and the
shortcomings of the previous elections have been mostly corrected.