Turkmen Official Says Election Observers Welcome
January 21, 2007
Moradov says foreign election observers will be allowed (epa)
The move would make the February 11 vote to replace autocratic President Saparmurat Niyazov the nation's first-ever election monitored by outside observers. Niyazov died in December.
Meredov told a cabinet meeting on January 20 that agreements were reached to invite election observers from Russia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and some other unspecified organizations.
(AP)