COPENHAGEN, 17 October 2014 – Kent Harstedt, the OSCE Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission for Ukraine’s parliamentary elections, has completed a week-long preparatory visit to Kyiv, Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts.
Harstedt met senior government officials in Kyiv; the governor of Kharkiv oblast; the leadership of Ukraine’s Central Election Commission; district-level election commission officials; candidates from several political parties; long-term OSCE election observers; OSCE monitors; and other interlocutors between 13 and 17 October.
“I am encouraged to see that Ukraine’s authorities are working in earnest, despite the difficult circumstances, to give citizens the chance to vote …read more
Source: OSCE