9 Sep 2013 17:02

Azeri parliament invites foreign organizations to monitor presidential elections

BAKU. Sept 9 (Interfax) - The Azeri parliament has officially invited international organizations to monitor the presidential elections set for October 9, parliamentary spokesman Akif Nasirov told Interfax.

"The Milli Majlis has sent letters to nine international organizations, inviting them to monitor the presidential elections," Nasirov said.

Invitations have been sent to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Parliamentary assembly of the Turkic countries and other organizations, he said.