OSCE / ODIHR: We did not come here to criticize, but to carry out an  observation mission

ArmInfo. The first group of OSCE / ODIHR observers is already in Yerevan. The head of the OSCE / ODIHR observation mission, Ambassador Urszula Gacek stated this on  November 13 at a press conference in Yerevan.

She said that a group of 13 people arrived in Yerevan on Sunday, in  the near future another 24 people will arrive, who will carry out a  long-term observation mission throughout Armenia, another 250 people  will arrive a few days before the early parliamentary elections. The  ambassador also stressed that representatives of the OSCE PA, the  Council of Europe and the European Parliament will also observe the  elections. "Our goal is to monitor electoral processes in Armenia,  their compliance with national and international requirements. We  arrived here not for criticism, but for the implementation of an  observation mission. A preliminary assessment of electoral processes  will be given the next day, and we will submit a comprehensive report  in 2 month'', said Gacek, recalling that they had arrived in Armenia  at the invitation of the Armenian authorities.

She also noted that they are informed about the events that took  place in Armenia in April-May of the current year. However, I would  like to emphasize once again that we did not come here with some kind  of preliminary assessment. It will be given after the election.  Standard monitoring will be conducted, according to standard methods,  then let's say something has changed in Armenia after the revolution  or not, ", she concluded.  To note the early parliamentary elections  are scheduled for December 9.