
The Central Election Commission finished sending invitations to the international organizations for observation of presidential elections in Azerbaijan on October 15. Chief of CEC Foreign Relations Department Rovzat Gasimov told APA part of international organizations have replied invitations. OSCE, CIS, the Council of Europe and other organizations will send observation missions. “OSCE long-term observation mission has already arrived in Baku and started its activity. Probably other international organizations will also send their long-term missions. Azerbaijan will create all opportunities for their observation”. Gasimov said Azerbaijan’s CEC would invite central election commissions of other countries it cooperated with. “We talked with a number of central election commissions and agreed this issue. We will send official invitations in the next few days”. Gasimov said no international observers have registered in CEC yet. He said registration of international observers would be completed 10 days before the elections. /APA/