Boris Frlec to head OSCE mission to observe presidential elections in Azerbaijan

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Slovenia’s representative Boris Frlec will head OSCE mission that will observe the presidential elections in Azerbaijan, Spokesman for Foreign Ministry Khazar Ibrahim told today the press conference, APA reports.

Khazar Iabrahim said that Foreign Ministry had invited OSCE, European Union, CIS and GUAM to observe the elections.
“OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has already given an answer and said 30 long-term and 450 short-term observers will follow the elections. The long-term mission will start on September 7, the mission will have an office in Baku”, he said.

He also mentioned that co-rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee on Azerbaijan Andres Herkel would head 30-man PACE observation mission.