Avakov, Yovanovitch discuss ways to prevent provocations during election

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch discussed the issue of preventing provocative acts during the presidential election.

"At a meeting with U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, we discussed topical issues of ensuring fair and transparent elections, security and prevention of provocations at polling stations during the voting," Avakov wrote on Twitter today.

As reported, the presidential election campaign started on December 31, 2018. On February 8, the CEC completed the process of registration for the post of head of state in Ukraine's presidential election. A total of 44 presidential candidates were registered. But then five of them withdrew from presidential race.

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