Phnom Penh (FN), July 24 - The National Election Committee (NEC) welcomed nearly 80,000 national observers and over 200 international observers for the upcoming 6th National Assembly elections. according to Dim Sovannarom, NEC spokesman on Tuesday.

"So far, the NEC has officially recognized 79,612 national observers from 112 associations and organizations, and 213 international observers,” said Dim Sovannarom.

He added that the international observers are from 48 institutions and embassies, including AIPA, APA, ICAPP, CDI, EUROPEAN COUNCIL TOURISM AND TRADE, EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, etc.

According to the spokesman, NEC was also assessing other 93 international observers from 10 institutions, including CAPDI, CENTRIST DEMOCRAT INTERNATIONAL, RUSSIA CIVIC CHAMBER, ICAPP.

He confirmed that the registration of international election observers will be concluded at 05:30 p.m 25 July 2018.

According to the NEC result released on 18 July, there will be 79,849 national observers, 18,203 females, from 20 political parties.

This large number of observers reflect the transparency and fairness of the election process of Cambodian general election 2018.
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