BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. The count of foreign observers shows global value of Azerbaijan's presidential election, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Countries (PABSEC) Petar Kanev told Trend.
The PABSEC delegation includes representatives of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Georgia. They visited the polling station № 23 of the third electoral constituency № 17 in Baku.
"The impressions from the voting process are very interesting. The voter turnout is very high. There are many young voters, which was also surprising. It is possible that the reason for such high civic activity is the victory in Karabakh," Kanev said.
"As for the impact of the results of this election in a global sense, this is evidenced by the total number foreign observers. That is, all in the EU countries as well as other countries of the world understand the importance of this election in Azerbaijan,” he added.
To note, voting in the presidential election is going on in Azerbaijan.
Candidates for the presidency in the upcoming election include incumbent President Ilham Aliyev (New Azerbaijan Party), independent contenders Zahid Oruj and Fuad Aliyev, Razi Nurullayev (National Front Party), Fazil Mustafa (Great Order Party), Elshad Musayev (Great Azerbaijan Party), and Gudrat Gasanguliyev (Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party).
From 08:00 (GMT+4), polling stations will be open for voters, and close at 19:00. The Central Election Commission Secretariat's Information Center will share preliminary updates on the voting process and results at 15:00, 17:00, and 19:00 Baku time.
The voter roll boasts 6,478,623 people who will cast their votes across 6,537 polling stations throughout the country.
A total of 90,372 observers are registered to monitor the election, with 790 of them representing 72 international organizations from 89 countries.
For the first time in the history of independent Azerbaijan, the upcoming election will span across the entire country, including the lands liberated from Armenian occupation in 2020. In the liberated territories, 26 polling stations have been established.
For Azerbaijani citizens residing abroad, 49 polling stations have been established in the embassies and consulates of 37 countries. This allows over 23,000 expatriates to participate in the voting process from various corners of the globe.
A robust media presence of 190 international entities is dedicated to observing the election, with 216 of their representatives officially registered as international observers.
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