02:55Secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Head of the observer mission Chang Ming met with Vladimir Mashkov, co-chairman of the election headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Friday.
"As Secretary General of the [SCO], since Russia is also a member state of our organisation, I sincerely hope that the upcoming presidential election will be held on the basis of [the principles of] fairness, impartiality, freedom and transparency and will bring further prosperity to the whole country," noted Chang Ming.
He also said the mission would continue to serve as international observers in the elections.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.
I hope presidential election will bring further prosperity to whole country - SCO secretary general
Secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Head of the observer mission Chang Ming met with Vladimir Mashkov, co-chairman of the election headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Friday.
"As Secretary General of the [SCO], since Russia is also a member state of our organisation, I sincerely hope that the upcoming presidential election will be held on the basis of [the principles of] fairness, impartiality, freedom and transparency and will bring further prosperity to the whole country," noted Chang Ming.
He also said the mission would continue to serve as international observers in the elections.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.
Secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Head of the observer mission Chang Ming met with Vladimir Mashkov, co-chairman of the election headquarters of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Friday.
"As Secretary General of the [SCO], since Russia is also a member state of our organisation, I sincerely hope that the upcoming presidential election will be held on the basis of [the principles of] fairness, impartiality, freedom and transparency and will bring further prosperity to the whole country," noted Chang Ming.
He also said the mission would continue to serve as international observers in the elections.
Russia's presidential election takes place over three days from March 15-17, with early voting between February 25 and March 14.
The four candidates are Leonid Slutsky of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the Communist Party's Nikolai Kharitonov, Vladislav Davankov of the New People Party and incumbent President Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate.