YEREVAN. – US Ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, held a series of meetings last month with leaders of a variety of political parties in the country and spoke about the forthcoming presidential elections, Zhoghovurd daily reports referring to its well-informed sources. 

“Ambassador Heffern expressed his concern to the party leaders that the elections in Armenia are not held under competitive conditions, which could adversely impact Armenia’s international standing. ‘It is very bad if the elections are held in such way,’ the US ambassador specifically said.  

To note, John Heffern is not in the country [that is, Armenia] at present,” Zhoghovurd writes.