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Head of OSCE Office in Baku: The procedure of the registration of the candidates for the parliament should be facilitated more

23 August 2010 09:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Parvin Abbasov â€“ APA. â€œThe worldâ€™s attention will be focused on the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan,â€ head of OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Ali Bilge Cankorel said at the event held at the CEC on the start of the specialized trainings for the chairmen of election constituencies, APA reports.
According to him, 450 observers of OSCE will come to Azerbaijan to follow the parliamentary elections. Prior to it, tens of long-term observers of OSCE will come to Azerbaijan. Noting that the Council of Europe and other organizations would observe the election process, ambassador said the European Union would not send observers to Azerbaijan.

Ambassador said sending of international observers demonstrated the importance attached to Azerbaijan.
â€œSo many observers are not sent everywhere,â€ he said.

OSCEâ€™s representative noted that awareness raising events would be held in Baku and other central cities in September.

Ambassador added that the procedure of the registration of the candidates for the parliament should be facilitated more in Azerbaijan. According to him, the number of the documents required for registration should be reduced.

Ali Bilge Cankorel said the conditions created for the observers had been improved, but should be improved more. He also underlined the necessity of facilitating the procedure of considering the complaints.

CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov said they were interested in the cooperation with all international organizations, including OSCE. He expressed his gratitude to Ali Bilge Cankorel for active cooperation.