International election observers to present findings at press conference in Baku on Thursday
Baku/10.04.18/Turan: The international observers for the early presidential election in Azerbaijan will present their preliminary post-election statement at a news conference on Thursday, 12 April in Baku.
The international observation mission is a common endeavour involving the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
The statement will be delivered by Nilza de Sena, Special Co-ordinator and Leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, followed by Viorel Riceard Badea, Head of the PACE delegation, and Corien Jonker, Head of the ODIHR long-term election observation mission.
The international election observation mission comprises some 350 observers from 40 countries, including 28 long-term and short-term observers deployed by ODIHR, 48 parliamentarians and staff from the OSCE PA and 37 from PACE.
Live stream of the press conference is available on ODIHR homepage at https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/azerbaijan/374092, and on the OSCE PA homepage at www.oscepa.org.
Journalists are invited to attend the press conference at 14:30, Thursday, 12 April, in the Baku 1 Room of the Holliday Inn Hotel, Keykab Kanim Safaraliyeva St. 5, Baku.
For further information contact: Thomas Rymer, ODIHR, +994 556 041 733 or +48 609 522 266, thomas.rymer@odihr.pl
Andreas Baker, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, +994 559 333 159 or +45 60 10 81 26, andreas@oscepa.dk
Bogdan Torcatoriu, PACE, +33 6 50 39 29 40, bogdan.torcatoriu@coe.int--0--
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