Election observers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have praised the conduct of the electoral process in Armenia. 

Ilkhom Nematov, the head of the CIS observation mission, said the mission visited about 700 polling stations in Yerevan and regions on election day (20 June). He has confirmed that the mission considers the early elections of the Armenian National Assembly to have been held in accordance with the Armenian Constitution and Electoral Code, and were open and constructive. 

Another member of the observer mission, Kanybek Imanaliev, noted that one drawback was that in some polling stations, there was not a single observer from any of the 25 political forces participating in the elections. 

photo: Ilkhom Nematov, head of the CIS observation mission in Armenia