BEIRUT, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said Wednesday that he welcomed the deployment of European Union election observers to monitor the upcoming parliamentary race, a statement from the presidential media office said.
During a meeting with EU officials in Baabda Palace, Aoun said Lebanon was "looking forward to the election as an accurate expression of democracy," and the newly introduced proportional vote law would "serve popular representation."
Elena Valenciano, the EU's head of mission for electoral monitoring, stressed that they would be watching the election unfold at polling stations across the country until the end.
The EU also plans to send observers to Lebanese embassies and diplomatic missions in Europe to monitor expatriate voting.
