CIS mission to Armenian parliamentary elections notes calm atmosphere  at Yerevan polling stations 

ArmInfo.  Zhakip Asanov, coordinator of the CIS mission to the Armenian parliamentary  elections and Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan, noted a  calm atmosphere during the voting process at polling stations in  Yerevan.

Speaking to journalists, he said  that before the polling stations  opened, observers from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA CIS)  checked the integrity of the seals and stamps on the ballot boxes, as  well as the conditions set up inside the voting booths at one of the  polling stations in Armenia. 

"We spoke with observers and commission members to see if they had  any questions regarding the organization. Overall, I would like to  note that there's a very calm, working atmosphere here; people are  already coming and casting their votes. It seems to me that very good  preliminary work has been conducted, and everything is organized at  the proper level," he said.

According to him, the CIS IPA observers plan to visit not only  polling stations in Yerevan today but also in the regions, and will  monitor the vote counting process in the evening.