OSCE countries’ ambassadors in Yerevan: Armenia has registered substantial progress on its way to free and transparent elections

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Armenia’s President Robert Kocharyan discussed the election process in the country and the parliamentary elections planned for May 12 with heads of diplomatic missions of OSCE member-countries accredited in Armenia.

As REGNUM was told at the presidential press office, during the meeting the president pointed out that a very important period started in Armenia’s life as the election process switched into its final stage. At the same time, Robert Kocharyan stressed that the government was resolute to conduct the elections under international standards. In this connection, he noted that the election process was taking place in quite a calm and civilized way and called important the government and leading political parties’ role in it.

In their turn, the diplomats called the elections the decisive step on the way of Armenia’s democratic development and said that Armenia has already registered significant progress in the direction of holding free and fair elections, which is mentioned in reports of observer missions. The diplomats also said that wide opportunities were established for all participants in having meetings with the electorate, sustaining visibility of their programs and opinions and assess to television.