Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 8: Anup Chandra Pandey, the head of India’s Election Commission and other top officials have arrived in Uzbekistan to serve as observers for the nation’s presidential elections on July 9, according to the Uzbekistan Embassy in India.
“India is going to be part of Uzbekistan’s July 9 celebration of democracy. A 20-strong delegation from India made up of well-known public figures, senior diplomats, and experts are already in Uzbekistan to take part in the Presidential elections as observers,” Uzbekistan Embassy in India said.
The Indian delegation held meeting with the Uzbekistan Central Election Commission on Thursday. Bakhrom Kuchkarov, the Deputy Chairman of the Uzbekistan Central Election Commission, Gulnoza Rakhimova, Commission member, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Anup Chandra Pandey, and Manish Prabhat, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of India to Uzbekistan, all attended the meeting.
The work being done to hold the elections was explained to the delegation from India.
According to Uzbekistan’s Central Election Commission, “Indian observers emphasised that high-level information on the elections was provided to voters, and the use of biometric identification devices was piloted in several polling stations. Besides India, the international community in general has shown great interest in the elections.”
International organisations and states of Asia, Europe, America and Africa have also arrived in Uzbekistan, where they will be closely monitoring the elections on July 9. The Indian delegates will visit voting places as election observers, together with other international and foreign observers, and will provide pertinent judgements and recommendations based on their findings.
