At Thursday’s press briefing, Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, reflected also on the information about the holding of snap parliamentary elections in Armenia.

When asked whether these elections scheduled for June 20 would help to ease the tensions in the country and whether the UN was going to send a monitoring mission to the country during these elections, Dujarric responded: “I’m not aware that we’ve been requested.  You know, we sent election…  I mean, we don’t send observers, but obviously, we support [UN] Member States if we’re requested to do so by the authorities. I have no comment on the political decision to hold elections.  We’re always for elections where people can express themselves freely as to their future.”

The UN Secretary-General’s spokesman added that if they get a request from a Member State to send a monitoring mission, they will study that request.