Simferopol – The Autonomous Republic of Crimea’s legislature has officially invited observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to come to Crimea to monitor the March 16 referendum.

“An invitation has been handed to Switzerland, the country that holds the rotating presidency of the OSCE, for representatives of the member-countries and of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to monitor voting at the March 16 referendum in Crimea,” sources in the Crimean parliament told Interfax.