Head of CIS observers holding talks in Baku
BAKU – Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergei Lebedev, who heads the mission of CIS observers to monitor Azerbaijan's parliamentary elections on Sunday, has arrived in Baku for talks.
In a meeting on Friday with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Lebedev said preparations for the elections were ongoing on a high level.
Mammadyarov, for his part, voiced confidence that the elections will be held successfully.
The CIS executive secretary is expected to further hold meetings with Central Election Commission chairman Mazahir Panahov and other officials and visit constituency election commissions.
The 352 people-strong CIS election observation mission will issue a statement assessing the elections next Monday.
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