Majilis (lower chamber) elections will be covered by over 120 foreign journalists, Foreign Ministry spokesman Altai Abibullayev announced January 9.
“According to the Central Election Commission, as of January 9 there are a total of 789 international observers accredited. 308 of them represent the ODIHR/OSCE, with 260 representing the CIS mission, 46 – the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; 15 – the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly; 11 - the Shanghai Cooperation Organization; 9 – the Council of Cooperation of Turkic States; 4 – the Organization of Islamic Cooperation; 10 – the Parliament Assembly of Turkic Speaking Nations; and 126 observers representing 29 nations”, the Ministry’s spokesman elaborated.