Arab News Japan

TOKYO: Japan has decided to dispatch an election observer mission to Bangladesh from January 5 to 9 to support the fair implementation of the general election scheduled for January 7, the Foreign Ministry has announced. 

The mission will be headed by WATANABE Masato, former Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, and will consist of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, as well as an outside expert.

In addition to observing the casting and counting of votes, the mission will exchange views and information with the Bangladesh Election Commission and election observer missions from other countries.

The dispatch of the election observer mission is part of Japan’s cooperation for the consolidation of democracy in Bangladesh in response to the Bangladesh Election Commission’s announcement that it would welcome international election observers.