On April 9, 2014, Deputy Minister Andrii Olefirov met with the delegation of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) headed by a former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada Lloyd Axworthy.
Special attention was paid to the preparations for the presidential elections in Ukraine on May 25, 2014. In this context, the NDI delegation was informed on measures taken by the Government to conduct a democratic and transparent electoral process. The role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in providing assistance to foreign observer missions, including the one of NDI, was also discussed.