Dispatch of Monitoring team for the Elections in the Kurdistan Region of the Republic of Iraq

July 24, 2009
Japanese

In response to the request from the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), Japan will dispatch two diplomats of the Embassy of Japan in Iraq including H.E. Mr. Shoji Ogawa, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Iraq, to monitor the elections in the Kurdistan Region of the Republic of Iraq (the Presidential election and parliamentary election of the Kurdistan Region), which will be held on July 25 (Sat).
The monitoring team from Japan, in cooperation with other election observers, will be engaged in such activities as monitoring the situation of polling stations on the election day.

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