January 30, 2008 - 18:09 AMT
34 PACE observers accredited for Armenian presidential election
The Armenian Central Electoral Committee has accredited 34 observers of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the presidential elections due in Armenia on February 19.

CEC chairman Garegin Azaryan and head of PACE mission John Prescott discussed establishment of election funds and election commissions.

"The legal basis regulating the organization and conduction of the elections has been considerable reformed," Mr Prescott remarked, the CEC press office said.