Deputy FM Bodnar discusses Ukraine’s local elections with UWC, UCCA observers

Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar held an online meeting with official observers from the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) and the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) in the October 25 local elections in Ukraine.

The participants of the meeting discussed the importance of ensuring fair, transparent and democratic elections in accordance with the election legislation of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Ukrainians Worldwide reported on its Facebook page.  

During the meeting, it was stressed that local elections in Ukraine will be held under difficult conditions of Russian aggression, the coronavirus pandemic and risks associated with possible Russian influence on the Ukrainian information space in order to destabilize the electoral process in Ukraine.

UWC representatives said that they would prepare a report based on the results of the observation mission’s work. The report will be available on Facebook pages of the UWC and the Foreign Ministry’s Department for Ukrainians Worldwide.

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