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YEREVAN. – President of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, Galust Sahakyan, on Wednesday received the head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) election observation mission, Ambassador Jan Petersen, and political analyst of the mission, Daniela Diaconu.

Sahakyan highlighted the activities of the observation missions in the phase of preparation and holding of the elections in Armenia. In the NA Speaker’s words, they promote the development of democracy and the improvement of the electoral system, the NA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Galust Sahakyan noted: “We conscientiously study the remarks and evaluations of the observation missions and try to fulfill the recommendations which the observers present.”

The NA Speaker documented that Armenia permanently cooperated with the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR in the elaboration of the Electoral Code, as well as in the works aimed at raising the quality of the elections. In this context, the NA Speaker highlighted the contribution made by the EU to the organization of the elections and thanked the international structures, which had their contribution to the improvement of the electoral system in Armenia.

Highlighting the political dialogue between the power, the opposition and the civil society, the NA Speaker has stated that the improvement of the Electoral Code is aimed at not only upgrading the electoral system, but also to the rise and strengthening of public trust towards the electoral process.

Galust Sahakyan underlined that the authorities of Armenia are ready to cooperate with all observation missions in order to hold elections in accordance with international standards, and they expect detailed and unbiased observation as well as impartial evaluation of the elections.

Ambassador Petersen, for his part, noted that it had already been four weeks that the mission is working in Armenia, deploying teams in Yerevan and in the provinces. He assured that the members of the mission had meetings with the President, the Central Electoral Commission Chairman, the representatives of the political parties and the people. Petersen has affirmed that in all countries being observed the mission holds the observation with standard methodology and highlights the way of observation everywhere.

According to the Head of the Mission, the legislation, the legislative field and the very electoral campaign of the country is thoroughly studied. He added that 250 short-term observers and 110 parliamentarians from different countries will join the mission next week.

Jan Petersen noted that they cooperate with all observers, and that the final report will be issued in two months.

The Head of the Observation Mission stated that they will have a press conference the next day of the elections, summing up their observations and giving a united evaluation, but they will stay in capital city Yerevan until April 14.

At the end of the meeting the Speaker of the National Assembly answered in detail the questions concerning the Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Observation Mission, Ambassador Jan Petersen, and political analyst of the mission Daniela Diaconu, and which related to the Electoral Code, the contribution to the parliamentary system of government and regional representation electoral system in Armenia.

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