Erlan Koshanov: The CSTO PA mission is very important for us

Erlan Koshanov, Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, notes the importance of the mission of international observers from the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in the upcoming early presidential election in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
“This is an important political event that will ensure further development of our country, and it is important that it is based on political competition,” said Erlan Koshanov, Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, during the meeting with international observers from the CSTO PA.
Erlan Koshanov emphasized the importance of the CSTO PA observer mission in monitoring the course of preparation and voting at the early election of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. “We appreciate your support and note the importance of the CSTO PA observer mission,” said the Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He also emphasized “The importance of the Parliamentary Assembly in providing legislative support of the CSTO space’s security.”
As you may recall, in accordance with the decision of Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Council of the CSTO PA, and at the invitation of Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, on September 24, 2022, the CSTO PA has formed a group of international observers to monitor the preparation and voting at the early election of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Vagharshak Hakobyan, member of the CSTO PA Standing Commission on Socioeconomic and Legal Issues and deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on Regional Issues and Eurasian Integration, was appointed as the coordinator of the CSTO PA observers.
The group consists of representatives of supreme legislative bodies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States: the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.
International observers from the CSTO PA operate based on the Convention on Standards of Democratic Elections, the Voting Rights and Freedoms in the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States (the Chisinau Convention) and the principles of political neutrality, objectivity, non-interference in the referendum and observation of laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.