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  • Declaration Of RA Ministry Of Foreign Affairs On Occasion Of OSCE/OD

    DECLARATION OF RA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON OCCASION OF OSCE/ODIHR INTERIM REPORT

    Noyan Tapan
    March 10, 2008

    YEREVAN, MARCH 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
    the Republic of Armenia, has made a declaration on the occasion of
    the OSCE/ODIHR Interim Report, which we present completely:

    "The OSCE/ODIHR Interim Report reaffirms that Armenia's presidential
    elections were Basically in line with Armenia's international
    commitments

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that OSCE/ODIHR Election
    Observation Mission has released its third interim report on Armenia's
    Presidential elections. The report reaffirms the ODIHR Election
    Observation Mission's assessment that the February 19 Presidential
    election "was administered mostly in line with OSCE and Council of
    Europe commitments and standards."

    The government of Armenia notes that some of the problems cited in
    this post-election interim report have already been at the center of
    attention by certain law enforcement bodies, and that appropriate
    steps are taken to respond, including to criminally charge some of
    those responsible for certain electoral irregularities.

    At the same time, Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that in
    spite of the government's repeated inquiries, the government has not
    been provided with the identifying numbers of 13 of the 17 precincts
    where, according to the report, the counting process was "bad" or
    "very bad", and therefore, without such information, the government
    is unable to conduct the appropriate investigation.

    The interim report also includes interpretative statements based on
    unverified data. Thus, the report expresses doubt about the high
    turnout in precincts 37/18, 37/29, 37/38 and 37/39. Prior to the
    issuance of the report, the authorities had explained that there are
    military posts in those precincts which naturally raises the numbers
    of those voting, and thus the percentage of voter turnout in those
    precincts can be not just near 100, but also in excess of 100 percent.

    The Armenian government will closely examine each problem, as well
    as inconsistency and error cited in the report, and will provide
    comprehensive information about each both to the Armenian public and
    to OSCE/ODIHR in order to assure that the final report is even more
    objective and complete."
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