Goulet: Referendum in Azerbaijan held transparently

"We just spent some time at polling stations. Then we checked the opening of the boxes and everything was very transparent,” she added.

Goulet noted that the voter turnout in the referendum in Azerbaijan is more than in France and it is a good result.

The senator said they also had an opportunity to meet with refugees and IDPs from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts occupied by Armenia.

Big work has been carried out by Azerbaijani government to provide the refugees with better accommodation, said Goulet.

All those people want to go back to their lands, to Nagorno-Karabakh, to the surrounding regions, whatever time it will take, she added.

The referendum on making amendments to Azerbaijan’s Constitution kicked off at 08:00 and wrapped up at 19:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours).

As many as 117 international observers – MPs from over 30 countries as well as observers from various international organizations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) – have been accredited by Azerbaijan’s CEC to observe the referendum. The total number of the observers is around 53,000.