EU expects presidential election will be in line with intl standards

European Union expects that presidential election in Armenia will be
held in line with international standards

2008-01-14 20:18:00

ArmInfo. The European Union expects that the presidential election in
Armenia will be held in line with the international standards, Special
Representative of EU to South Caucasus Peter Semneby said responding to
ArmInfo’s question.

Assessing the atmosphere in the country on the threshold of the
election, P. Semneby said that participation of many candidates a
positive aspect of the forthcoming election, that assures a pluralistic
atmosphere as regards election of candidates and ideas. The diplomat
said that this also envisages increase of interest to the political
processes, that is very positive. He added that it is also important to
assure pluralism in the press when covering all the candidates and
these issues will be traced by international observers. P. Semneby also
said that EU will wait for reports of the OSCE-ODIHR monitoring
mission, which has already arrived in the country.