Foreign Minister of Britain: the elections to the Parliament profess democracy

Maria Tobacco. Coming in Sunday elections in Ukraine demonstrate the commitment of Ukraine to the ideas of democracy, said on the last working day of the week the foreign Minister of great Britain Philip Hammond.

" Coming in Sunday's parliamentary elections demonstrate loyalty to Ukraine's democracy. The UK strongly supports you in that moment when you realize its right to self-determination of the future of the country ", - said in the speech of the Minister.

" I welcome the steps taken by the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that the maximum number of Ukrainian Citizens could exercise their right to participate in elections, as well as among them the provision of such opportunities to people forced to flee their homes because of instability in the East of the country and illegal annexation of the Crimea. These elections are held on the background of the precarious truce and continued violence in the Donbass. I commend the efforts of all who work in the name of holding free, fair and peaceful elections, " the statement reads.

" I am very pleased that the independent observers from the UK will join more than 2 thousand 300 international observers-members of the observation mission of the OSCE, in order in Accordance with international standards to inform you about how elections are held, " said Hammond.

Extraordinary elections to the Parliament of Ukraine will be held on Sunday, October 26. They will be part 29 political associations. In Parliament will be elected 424 MP.

Current elections are taking place against the background of political and economic decline in the country: Kiev lost oversight of part of the territory on the East of the country. The self-proclaimed militia DND and LNR has stated many times that the square of the unrecognized republics will not be any elections declared by the Ukrainian government.

in the Russian Federation citizens of Ukraine will be able to vote in the six polling stations in the Embassy in the Russian capital, but mainly in the cities, where there is a Ukrainian Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-don.


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