International election observers to hold press conference in Yerevan Sunday

YEREVAN, 11 May 2007 - The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference on Sunday.

The mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE, comprising the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), as well as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the European Parliament.

The statement will be delivered by PA Vice President Tone Tingsgaard, Special Co-Ordinator of the OSCE short-term observers, together with Leo Platvoet, the Head of the PACE delegation, Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Head of the European Parliament delegation, and Ambassador Boris Frlec, the Head of the ODIHR long-term election observation mission.

Journalists are invited to attend the news conference at 14:30 on Sunday, 13 May, at the Marriott hotel, Republic Square,Yerevan.

For further information, please contact:

Klas Bergmann, OSCE PA, tel.: +374 93 733 292, [email protected]  
Urdur Gunnarsdottir, OSCE/ODIHR, tel.: +374 93 732 723, [email protected]  
Bas Klein, PACE, tel.: +374 91 458 948, [email protected]  
Pietro Ducci, European Parliament, tel.: +374 94 711 828 [email protected]