British, U.S., Russian observers on elections

The U.S. and UK Embassies, whose observers monitored yesterday’s presidential vote, have welcomed the high turnout.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 04.02.2008.

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The U.S. and UK Embassies, whose observers monitored yesterday’s presidential vote, have welcomed the high turnout. “It is exciting to see such a historic turnout of citizens at the elections and their dedication to the democratic process,” U.S. Embassy spokesman Ryan Harris told Tanjug. British, U.S., Russian observers on elections “We welcome the high turnout, which is even higher than in the first round, according to initial estimates,” was the British Embassy’s response. The embassies said that the vote had been held in a good atmosphere and without irregularities. In a statement to Tanjug late on Sunday, British Ambassador to Serbia Stephen Wordsworth expressed his satisfaction with the high turnout and the fact that citizens had decided in favor of EU integration. Wordsworth pointed out that President Boris Tadic himself had said during the election campaign that the Sunday elections were a referendum on where Serbia wanted to go. “We will continue to work with Serbia on the promotion of this process,” Wordsworth said. Head of a group of observers from the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Deputy Speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house Alexander Torshin said late on Sunday that the second round of Serbian presidential elections had been held in a peaceful and organized way. He said that the observers had also visited Kosovo and had been left aghast at some of the goings-on there. Torshin told the Itar-TASS news agency that the group's bus had been stopped by international forces, who had checked their diplomatic passports, issued them 90-day permits and told them not to go to Pristina as they could not ensure their safety. "The question is: what are they doing there then?" Torshin wondered. Citizens casting their vote on Sunday (FoNet)

British, U.S., Russian observers on elections

“We welcome the high turnout, which is even higher than in the first round, according to initial estimates,” was the British Embassy’s response.

The embassies said that the vote had been held in a good atmosphere and without irregularities.

In a statement to Tanjug late on Sunday, British Ambassador to Serbia Stephen Wordsworth expressed his satisfaction with the high turnout and the fact that citizens had decided in favor of EU integration.

Wordsworth pointed out that President Boris Tadić himself had said during the election campaign that the Sunday elections were a referendum on where Serbia wanted to go.

“We will continue to work with Serbia on the promotion of this process,” Wordsworth said.

Head of a group of observers from the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Deputy Speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house Alexander Torshin said late on Sunday that the second round of Serbian presidential elections had been held in a peaceful and organized way.

He said that the observers had also visited Kosovo and had been left aghast at some of the goings-on there.

Torshin told the Itar-TASS news agency that the group's bus had been stopped by international forces, who had checked their diplomatic passports, issued them 90-day permits and told them not to go to Priština as they could not ensure their safety.

"The question is: what are they doing there then?" Torshin wondered.

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