The CIS Interparliamentary Assembly has been invited by Armenian authorities to observe, alongside other international observers, the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections, the CIS IPA Secretariat said in a press release.

The Secretariat said that the invitation was conveyed in a letter from Armenian Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan addressed to Valentina Matviyenko, Chair of the Board of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) IPA and Chair of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia.

Simonyan invited the delegation of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly to participate in the international observation of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.

“The authorities of the Republic of Armenia are committed to conducting the elections in accordance with democratic norms and standards, in the spirit of freedom, fairness, and transparency,” the letter specifically states, according to the Secretariat.