POLITICS
OSCE OBSERVERS VISIT SOUTH REGION OF AZERBAIJAN
On October 11, head of the Election Observation Mission in Azerbaijan under the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Hirt Arens, Germany, and long-term observers Jerem Franklin, Norway and Rasid Adal, Turkey, visited Lankaran and Astara regions to familiarize with the situation before the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
In Lankaran Head of the Executive Power Zeynal Nagdaliyev informed the guests on the measured undertaken by local authorities in accordance with the May 11 2005 Decree of President Ilham Aliyev “On Improvement of Electoral Practice in the Republic of Azerbaijan”.
The observers also met with the candidates for elections and visited local election committees.