The parliamentary elections in Armenia were held in a calm and peaceful atmosphere, said Robert Hilton, Foreign Service Officer and Director of Press at the US Department of State.

The parliamentary elections, which were conducted in Armenia past Sunday, were held in a calm and peaceful atmosphere, and with the participation by opposition parties and election observers, Hilton noted, and highly evaluated the improvements recorded this time, as compared with the previous national elections in Armenia.    

We support the OSCE/ODIHR observers’ mission’s conclusion, whereby the elections were “competitive, lively, and largely peaceful.” At the same time we share the OSCE/ODIHR apprehensions with respect to an “unlevel playing field” during the pre-election season and on election day, and in regards to buying votes and applying improper pressure against the constituents, Hilton said, the Voice of America reports.    

In the post-election period we will continue to follow the facts discovered by the elections’ international and local observers, and the examination of the cases launched on election violations, said the US Department of State’s Foreign Service Officer and Director of Press.