February 5, 2007 - 18:44 AMT
RA capable to hold elections meeting international standards
OSCE PA President Goran Lennmarker met today with Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosian. Head of the OSCE Yerevan office, Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin was also present at the meeting. The RA NA Speaker briefed on the domestic situation in Armenia and the work carried out after the constitutional referendum. He also noted the necessity of holding the parliamentary election in accord with international standards.

For his Mr Lennmarker remarked that Armenia is capable to conduct a fair election. "The OSCE PA observing delegation will be led by OSCE PA Vice president Tone Tingsgard, since we attach big importance to this mission," he said. He also noted the activities of the Armenian delegation to the OSCE PA and voiced assurance that the delegation will make a considerable contribution to the discussion on energy security within the OSCE. In his opinion, enlargement of parliamentary cooperation in the South Caucasian region in various fields, specifically seismic defense, use of water and natural resources.