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The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) condemns the refusal of the Armenian authorities to invite its international citizen observers to monitor the parliamentary election scheduled on April 2.

Transparency International Anticorruption Center in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, and the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor also have joined the respective EPDE statement.

“The reason for the refusal is the allegedly high number of already accredited observers and, therefore, the lack of need for additional international observers,” the statement also reads. “Both the refusal and its justification contradict the obligation of Armenia as a member of the OSCE to invite international observers from other OSCE countries (…).

“This gives cause for serious concerns that the Armenian government might not consider the presence of international observers as an important contribution to enhancing the electoral process.

“The EPDE calls upon the international community, particularly the OSCE-Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE-ODIHR), the EU-Commission and the Council of Europe to consider this arbitral denial of accreditation for international citizen election observers during relevant meetings and negotiations with the Armenian authorities in the future.”

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