28/01/2008 Election observation
Strasbourg, 28.01.2008 - Ahead of the presidential election due to be held in Armenia on 19 February, a three-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), headed by John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC), will carry out a pre-electoral mission in the country from 29 to 31 January.
The delegation will meet various political figures (President of the Republic and Speaker of the Parliament, President of the Constitutional Court, Minister for Foreign Affairs), the candidates in the presidential election, the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, and representatives of civil society and the media.
A press conference will be held on Thursday 31 January at 3.30 pm at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia (19, M Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan).
PACE Secretariat contact: Bas Klein, Interparliamentary Co-operation and Election Observation Unit, mobile: +33 (0)6 62 26 54 89