On October 19 Mr. Vahan Hovnannisyan, Head of the Armenian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Vice President of the National Assembly and Mr. Samvel Nikoyan, member of the delegation, met Mrs. Julie Finley, United States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Mrs. Finley highlighted the conduct of the forthcoming elections in accordance with the democratic standards, considering necessary the long-term, 90-days presence of the OSCE Observation Mission in Armenia. As Mrs. Finley assured that the observers’ presence is as important in pre-election process as during the elections.

Mr. Vahan Hovnannisyan and Mr. Samvel Nikoyan also highlighted the conduct of free and fair elections, noting that soon the amendments to the RA Electoral Code will be adopted, which passed the expert assessment of the OSCE/ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and were agreed with the political forces, represented in Parliament.

During the meeting the activity of the Central Electoral Commission was touched upon, the importance of the complete and accurate list of voters was mutually highlighted.

Other issues of mutual interest were also discussed.