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YEREVAN. – Armenian Parliament Speaker Samvel Nikoyan received the PACE delegation of election observation mission led by Baroness Emma Nicholson (UK) on Wednesday.

Samvel Nikoyan presented the preparation works towards holding elections which will correspond to international standards.

Emma Nicholson stressed the importance of the work directed towards conducting free and fair elections. The baroness assured that international observation missions will be represented by large teams in Armenia.

Eight political parties and one block have presented their nominations – Republican Party of Armenian, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir, opposition Armenian National Congress, opposition Heritage Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, the Communist Party of Armenia, Democratic Party of Armenia and United Armenians Party.

For entering the National Assembly, parties must poll over 5% of votes, while blocks - over 7%.

The election campaign will be held till May 5 - the day prior to elections when campaigning is banned. The parliamentary elections will be held from 8 am to 8 pm on May 6, 2012.

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