International election observers in Yerevan to hold press conference on Monday

YEREVAN, 31 March 2017 – The international observers monitoring the parliamentary elections in Armenia will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Monday, 3 April, in Yerevan.

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

The statement will be delivered by Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, followed by Liliane Maury-Pasquier, Head of the PACE delegation, Geir Jorgen Bekkevold, Head of the OSCE PA delegation, Heidi Hautala, Head of the EP delegation, and Ambassador Jan Petersen, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission.

The international election observation mission comprises some 450 observers from 42 countries, including 340 long-term and short-term observers deployed by the OSCE/ODIHR, 66 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA, 24 from PACE and 13 from the EP.

Journalists are invited to attend the press conference on Monday, 3 April, at 14:30 in the Ararat Ballroom of Marriott Hotel, 1 Amiryan St., Yerevan.

The press conference will be live streamed at: www.osce.org/office-for-democratic-institutions-and-human-rights/elections/armenia/293071 and www.oscepa.org

For further information, contact:

Iryna Sabashuk, OSCE PA, +374 (0)43 056 133 or +45 60 10 81 73, iryna@oscepa.dk

Thomas Rymer, OSCE/ODIHR, +374 (0)43 380 425 or +48 609 522 266, thomas.rymer@odihr.pl

Bogdan Torcatoriu, PACE, +374 (0)55 707 356 or +33 6 39 29 40, bogdan.torcatoriu@osce.int             

Julien Crampes, EP, +374 (0)43 065 465 or + 32 4 77 85 52 67, julien.crampes@ep.europa.eu