December 27, 2025

As the 2025 Multiparty Democratic General Election is scheduled to be held on 28 December, election observation teams from Russia, China, India, and Vietnam arrived in Yangon by air yesterday.

International election observers include Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Mr Kara-ool Sholban, Special Envoy for Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Mr Deng Xijun, former Army Commander of India Mr Sahni Arun Kumar, a delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Commission of Kazakhstan Mr Yerman Mukhtar, a delegation led by National Election Committee (NEC) member Mr Yich Samethy, and Mr Nguyen Duc Thinh from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. All arrived in Yangon yesterday as scheduled.

The teams were welcomed at Yangon International Airport by Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein and regional ministers, Russian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Iskander Azizov and embassy officials, the Union Election Commission member in charge of the Yangon Region, and officials from the Union Election Commission and the Yangon Region Election Subcommission. — MNA/MKKS