CIS Observers mission head call political forces of Armenia stay back  of artificial heating the situation in the country during  parliamentary elections. 

ArmInfo. The pre electoral campaign in Armenia was conducted in conformance to the regulations, no serious violations of law have been registered during the period  of parliamentary race. This was stated  at a press conference by  Sergey Lebedev, the CIS observers mission head, assuring that in  response to observers' inquiries on possible violations during pre  electoral campaign the law enforcement entities answered that no  complaints have been submitted by now. 

 "Such flow of pre electoral campaign sets all the preconditions for  tranquil elections, and I would call  the political forces of Armenia  stay back of artificial heating the situation in the country during  parliamentary elections," he stated, expressing a hope that  the   elections expected will be conducted in free, fair and transparent  manner. He also accentuated the technical innovations that are being  implemented in Armenia (identification units, DVR-s, cameras  at  electoral sites and others). No  CIS  country   has such equipment.   But all this should be tested, and I hope there will be no obstacles  while operating those,'' he stated. 

Lebedev stated also that 25 members of CIS observers mission  are IN  Armenia from March 14, have been in 8 regions and communicated to  electoral commissions members. "We have also held a number of  meetings with the representatives of different political forces,  state entities officials, and we attentively monitor the mass media  works," he clarified, accentuating that the observers mission will  work in a strict conformance with local regulations and will not  intervene the electoral process. 

To mention, according to the invitation of the national Assembly of  the Republic of Armenia an international observers team is formed on  behalf of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly  to implement long term and  short term monitoring of preparation and conduction of the elections  to the National Assembly of Armenia. In total, CIS IPA is represented  by 23 observers from six countries - Republic of Belarus, Republic of   Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation,  and the Republic of Tajikistan. The group is formed from law makers,  authorities officials and experts of the International Institute for  Democracy Development Monitoring.