 The Embassy of United States in Azerbaijan will take an active part in observing presidential elections to be held on 15 October. “The Embassy will cooperate with the organizations who will observe elections and their opinion will be taken into consideration as a final assessment of elections,” Johanna Hanson, the adviser of the US Embassy in Azerbaijan on political affairs said during her meeting with the representatives of the Elections-2008 coalition of NGOs on 21 August. Coalition of NGOs Elections-2008 was established to achieve more active participation of voters in the presidential elections. The coalition was founded by Inam pluralism center, Center of Multimedia Information Systems and Technologies, International Press Fund of Eurasia, members of board of directors of Press Council Umud Rahimoglu and chairman of KASKFEN Azar Hasrat.
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