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Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR) Janez Lenarcic expects that the office will issue a final report on the parliamentary elections in Ukraine two months after the completion of the electoral process, Kyiv Post reported.

"In about two months after the completion of the electoral process the OSCE/ODIHR will issue a full and final report, which will include recommendations, in particular the priority ones," Lenarcic said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

He noted that all the OSCE member-countries had undertaken an obligation to promptly respond to the ODIHR's recommendations on elections, and expressed the hope that Ukraine would also be ready for this.

"The OSCE is ready to assist Ukraine in this process," he said.

Lenarcic also said that the statement on the preliminary findings concerning the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, which was made public on October 29 by OSCE/ODIHR, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, was based on a collective assessment by more than 800 international observers.

As for the OSCE/ODIHR mission, its observers have worked in Ukraine since September 12, Lenarcic said. The mission was made up of 20 experts from the core monitoring group, 90 long-term and 500 short-term observers.

"The head of the observation mission of the OSCE/ODIHR, Audrey Glover, is the only person authorized to act on behalf of the mission. All other potential statements or opinions are personal opinions or views of those who voice them, and do not represent the views of the Office," Lenarcic said.