{"id":111916,"date":"2024-10-30T21:11:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T18:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111916\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"syrian-mps-to-observe-belarus-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111916\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian MPs to observe Belarus’ presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 30, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A delegation of Syrian MPs will monitor the January presidential election in Belarus, Syria’s Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh has announced after meeting Natalla Ka\u010danava, speaker of the National Assembly’s Council of the Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabbagh arrived in Minsk to participate in a conference on Eurasian security scheduled for October 31 and November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The central election commission is expecting more than 440 international observers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk seeks flattering assessments from the Russian-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States and election officials from government-friendly countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The government stopped inviting OSCE monitors after the 2020 disputed presidential election, marred by police brutality against peaceful protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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