The OSCE / ODIHR will be sent to local elections in Ukraine to be held on October 25, 100 long-term and 600 short-term observers, said on Thursday the official representative of the MFA of Ukraine Marian Betz.

"at the invitation of Ukraine OSCE Office for democratic institutions and human rights OSCE and the Congress of local and regional authorities of the Council of Europe decided to send to Ukraine such observation mission: August 31, arrived in Kiev advanced group of the Bureau for democratic institutions of the OSCE in order to prepare the deployment of the OSCE mission on monitoring the next local elections ", - quotes the comment Betsy press service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

in her expressions, provided that the OSCE / ODIHR will send 100 long-term and 600 short-term observers.

Also Betz said that the Bureau of the Congress of local and regional authorities of the Council of Europe decided to establish an observer mission, which will be in Ukraine from 22 to 26 October. According to its expressions, Also the issue of sending its observers to the European Parliament decides, Kiev for its part ready to promote the observers.

sections: Politics