Russia offers to help monitor upcoming elections
The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federal Council of Russia, Mikhail Margelov, visited Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday accompanied by Russian Ambassador Serguei Boukin, and told the speaker that the Russian Parliament would help monitor the June 7 parliamentary elections "The launch of electoral campaigning in Lebanon highlights political stability and is a positive aspect of democracy," Margelov said.
"We take part in election monitoring in many countries, not only in Asian and European countries, he said, adding, "Russia has expertise in the area and the speaker has welcomed the idea."