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SCO observers reveal no violations during early voting in Belarus - Secretary General

Minsk, Jan 26 (UNI) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Observer Mission revealed no violations during the five days of early voting for the presidential election in Belarus, SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev told Sputnik on Sunday.
The presidential election is being held in Belarus on Sunday. Preliminary voting was held from January 21 to 25.
“The members of our mission started their work back in the early voting period. We can't make any official statement yet, we will form it after the voting process is over. But so far we have not seen any violations,” Yermekbayev said.
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