Uzbekistan seeks Indian observers for parliamentary polls
Press Trust of India
October 31Uzbekistan on Saturday asked India to send observers to oversee the first parliamentary elections in that country scheduled in December this year.
This was conveyed by visiting Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sadiq S Safayev to Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee during a meeting in New Delhi.
Praising Indian democracy as genuine and incomparable, Safayev requested the speaker to send election observers from Indian Parliament, a Lok Sabha release said.
Chatterjee conveyed his heartfelt wishes to the people of Uzbekistan for upholding parliamentary democracy.