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    TINA SCHOEN: IT IS A BIT EARLY TO MAKE CONCLUSIONS AT THIS STAGE

    06:08 pm | January 30, 2013 | Politics

    Deputy Secretary General of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Tina
    Schoen, arrived in Armenia on January 29 for a pre-election visit
    ahead of February's presidential election.

    Schoen and Operations Officer Iryna Sabashuk are holding meetings
    in Yerevan to gather information about the pre-election situation in
    the country and prepare logistical elements for the mission.

    "We will come back before the elections when we have full briefings
    with all the presidential candidates and the Central Election
    Commission and then we will assess the elections based on what we have
    seen on the Election Day and on what we have heard. It is a bit early
    to make a conclusion at this stage, but we are making preparations,
    having good meetings, we have a lot of information and we are making
    practical arrangements for the deployment of the mission," Tina Schoen
    told A1+.

    The OSCE representative says OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will have
    about 30 observers for the Election Day.

    "In addition to that the ODIHR is already on the ground and they will
    deploy more observers and we will be observing and reporting after the
    elections as well. We do not interfere in elections, we are observers,"
    she said.

    This will mark Schoen's 25th visit to Armenia. She served as the chief
    of staff Special Co-ordinator Francois-Xavier de Donnea during the
    OSCE's observation of the 2012 parliamentary elections in Armenia and
    previously traveled to the country with numerous OSCE PA presidents,
    special representatives and election observation missions.

    http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/01/30/tina-schoen



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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