YEREVAN.- Armenian Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan received on Saturday the President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Riccardo Migliori, head of the PA OSCE observation mission Tonino Picula  and OSCE PA Deputy Secretary General Tina Schoen.

During the meeting issues concerning upcoming presidential elections in Armenia were discussed, underscoring importance of free and transparent elections, parliament’s press service reported.

“We tried to correct shortcomings recorded by the international observation mission ahead of elections. Armenia’s authorities have political will and are interested in high-quality elections meeting European standards of presidential vote,” Abrahamyan said.