Turkish observers won’t be present at Armenian parliamentary election, RA MFA says

07.05.2007
PanARMENIAN.Net

There will be no Turkish observers at the Armenian May 12 parliamentary election, RA MFA Acting Spokesman Vladimir Karapetian. “Armenia and Turkey do not have diplomatic relations and that is why Turkish observers won’t be present at the election,” Karapetian said.

May 7 Turkish media spread information that Yerevan said "no" to independent Turkish election observers working with AGIT.

According to Ms. Urdur Gunnarsdottir, the spokesperson for the OSCE/ODIHR told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that invitations to observe the Armenian parliamentary election were sent to 44 states including Turkey. “The Armenian authorities rejected presence of Turkish observers. However, they have not furnished an explanation yet,” she said.

The RA Central Election Commission (CEC) doesn’t possess any information on Yerevan’s veto on arrival of Turkish observers in Armenia, CEC chairman Garegin Azaryan told a news conference in Yerevan.

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