India, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Arab Parliament (the legislative body of the Arab League), and Palestine have officially confirmed their observation missions for the upcoming general elections scheduled to be held on January 7, as announced by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seheli Sabrin during a regular media briefing on Sunday.
She said Japan wants to send a 16-member team. They showed interest to the Election Commission, they are in talk with the Election Commission.
Earlier, the EU also confirmed that they will send an expert team.
However, the Foreign Ministry is coordinating the election observation missions with the Election Commission.
During the briefing she said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen is attending the Doha Forum 2023 in Qatar. The two-day Forum began on Sunday.
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