The OCSE ODIHR intends to send 24 long-term and 250 short-term monitors to Armenia. According to the press secretary of the OSCE/ODIHR Urdur Gunardodiri the long-term monitors will be sent to Armenia at the beginning of January to follow the registration process of the candidates, media reliability, the process of appellation. The short-term monitors will follow the voting process. Gunardodiri mentioned that they had received the invitation of the RA government two days ago.