CIS OBSERVERS ANNOUNCED ARMENIAN ELECTIONS "FREE, DEMOCRATIC AND LEGITIMATE"February 20, 2003 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today in Yerevan the CIS observation mission published an announcement, which qualified the presidential elections held in Armenia February 19 as "free, transparent, democratic, fair and legitimate". "We have discovered some transgressions made by electoral commissions, some parties and unions in the course of the electoral agitation, as well as during the voting process and counting the votes," - the document says. Nevertheless, as reported by "Mediamax" agency, observers noted that "these breaches were not of mass nature and did not have any notable impact on the free choice of the constituents." 60 CIS observers, who visited 277 polling stations, were monitoring the presidential elections in Armenia. Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. Partner news | Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?” Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution. U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Viva: Armenia's leading technology company introduces a new trademark The updated brand Viva reflects a qualitatively new level of digital services. |