UNION Election Commission (UEC) Chairman U Than Soe received Ms Ma Jia, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Myanmar, and her team at the Union Election Commission Of­fice Guest Hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.

During the meeting, the Am­bassador of the People’s Repub­lic of China to Myanmar asked questions about the UEC’s efforts to successfully hold the election, advance voting, election observa­tion, and security arrangements for the election.

Then, the UEC Chairman explained their preparations to successfully hold a free and fair election; the measures taken to enable domestic and foreign voters to cast advance ballots in accordance with the law; the steps taken to allow internation­al election observation groups, including those from the People’s Republic of China, as well as dip­lomats, to observe the election; and the arrangements made to ensure that political parties, parliamentary candidates, and voters can cast their ballots safely and peacefully at polling stations. Following this, they held a friend­ly discussion on election-related issues. The meeting was attend­ed by members of the UEC and officials from the UEC’s office. — MNA/TH