Japan has shown interest in observing the upcoming general elections to be held on January 7.
“They want to send a 16-member team. They showed interest to the Election Commission,” foreign ministry’s spokesperson Seheli Sabrin said on Sunday at a briefing.
The foreign ministry is coordinating the election observation missions with the Election Commission.
Seheli Sabrin said so far, India, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Arab Parliament, and Palestine have confirmed their observation missions.
Besides, the EU will also send an expert team.
