SCO Observers Mission members oversee general election in Turkmenistan

Local polling stations opened on 25 March 2018, and members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Mission of Observers started monitoring the general election in Turkmenistan. The country's voters elected members of provincial and city-district councils, people's councils and those from rural districts.

On 24 March, members of the Mission of SCO Observers visited polling stations, met with chairpersons of district election commissions and were briefed on current comprehensive efforts to prepare for the general election day.

At their working meeting, mission members charted election monitoring plans for Ashgabat and five provinces in Turkmenistan.

Deputy SCO Secretary General and Mission Head Nurlan Akkoshkarov met with Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev. They exchanged opinions on matters linked with monitoring the general election in Turkmenistan by members of the Mission of SCO Observers.