Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI Election Commissioner of India, Anup Chandra Pandey led a three-member delegation to Uzbekistan to observe the conduct of early Presidential elections which were held on July 9. This election is being held under the framework of new constitution which was adopted in Uzbekistan after the recent Referendum held in April this year, and is being keenly watched by the international community.
Anup Chandra and the Chairman, CEC of Uzbekistan held a meeting on electoral cooperation on July 8. Anup Chandra spoke about the recent conduct of elections in India and various avenues for further strengthening electoral ties between the two countries through signing of MoU on electoral cooperation.
Delegates from Uzbekistan have been avidly participating in ECI’s International Election Visitors Programmes (IEVP) organized during elections and officials from Uzbekistan have been attending training programs at ECI under the ITEC program.