US State Department: We share the preliminary assessment of the OSCE observation mission

"We call on all citizens of Azerbaijan to consider complaints on violations during the elections legally and peacefully and refrain from the violence," says the US State Department statement disseminated in Washington.

"We call on the government of Azerbaijan to ensure the right for peaceful assemblies and act reservedly," the document says.

The US Department noted, the elections showed an improvement in some fields in comparison with the previous elections, however a number of errors, which the Azerbaijan’s government needs to take care of, had been marked.

"We share the preliminary assessment of the OSCE observation mission, that despite improvements, the elections had not met a number of international standards," the statement underlines.

Takin in regard the Azerbaijan president’s intention to correct violations, the State department expressed hope that it will be done in those constituencies, where infringements and frauds affecting the result had been marked.

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