We will very carefully monitor not only the elections themselves, not only the election day, but also the entire election campaign, - Ambassador of the European Union in Georgia, Pawel Herczynski, told journalists.

"As you all saw, free and fair elections are one of the 9 steps established by the European Commission and supported by the EU member states as a very important element that will be monitored very carefully. I know that the Government of Georgia has already committed to asking OSCE/ODIR for long-term monitoring, and I know that all EU member states support this. In the case of the OSCE member states, the OSCE is responsible for long-term observation, but among the EU member states there is a discussion on whether and how the EU can also participate in the long-term observation of the elections," the ambassador noted.

According to him, he hopes that there will be an equal election environment in Georgia and there will be no place for violence.

"Once again, I would like to emphasize that we will very carefully monitor not only the elections themselves, not only the election day, but the entire election campaign. We sincerely hope that there will be an equal electoral environment and that all political parties will have enough space to present their programs and, above all, that there will be no violence, because violence is absolutely unacceptable in any democratic country," the ambassador noted.

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