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CIS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
ITAR-TASS
April 24, 2012 Tuesday 11:44 AM GMT+4
Russia
The CIS Executive Committee will send its observers to regular
parliamentary elections in Armenia due to be held on May 6, chairman of
the executive committee, CIS executive secretary Sergei Lebedev said
at a meeting with Vice-Premier, Territorial Management Minister of
Armenia, member of the CIS Economic Council Armen Gevorkyan on Monday.
"The CIS mission monitored the election campaign and will continue
its work during the whole period of elections," Lebedev stressed.
According the vice-premier, the Armenian authorities undertake efforts
to organize elections at a due level in accordance with democratic
criteria.
Lebedev, who is staying here in connection with the launch of the
program "Yerevan - a Book Capital of the World," has highly assessed
the celebrations which were held. "Armenia is the first of CIS
countries which took upon itself such a mission," he noted.
The meeting participants also discussed issues of the agenda for the
CIS charter bodies.
ITAR-TASS
April 24, 2012 Tuesday 11:44 AM GMT+4
Russia
The CIS Executive Committee will send its observers to regular
parliamentary elections in Armenia due to be held on May 6, chairman of
the executive committee, CIS executive secretary Sergei Lebedev said
at a meeting with Vice-Premier, Territorial Management Minister of
Armenia, member of the CIS Economic Council Armen Gevorkyan on Monday.
"The CIS mission monitored the election campaign and will continue
its work during the whole period of elections," Lebedev stressed.
According the vice-premier, the Armenian authorities undertake efforts
to organize elections at a due level in accordance with democratic
criteria.
Lebedev, who is staying here in connection with the launch of the
program "Yerevan - a Book Capital of the World," has highly assessed
the celebrations which were held. "Armenia is the first of CIS
countries which took upon itself such a mission," he noted.
The meeting participants also discussed issues of the agenda for the
CIS charter bodies.