The European Union has decided to send a specialized delegation to Lebanon led by Spanish MEP Elena Valencia with the aim of monitoring the May 6 parliamentary elections, a media report said.
A report published Tuesday by al-Joumhouria newspaper quoted EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini as saying that the European Union is paying special attention to these elections, the first that Lebanon organizes in around a decade.
Mogherini noted, according to the daily, that Lebanon's stability and economic growth are important for the entire region.
The EU official also hoped that new parliament will lead the EU-demanded urgent reforms.
“A nine-member team of monitors has already started its work in Beirut and it will remain in Lebanon after the vote in order to prepare a comprehensive final report,” al-Joumhouria said.
“Another 36 monitors will be deployed as of the beginning of May,” the daily added.
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