On July 12, 2012 Deputy Minister, Chief of Staff Andrii Olefirov met with delegates of the CIS Executive Committee.

At the meeting the sides discussed organizing the work of the CIS Observer Mission invited to Ukraine to monitor the parliamentary elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on October 28, 2012.

The CIS Committee representatives expressed their approval of the measures taken by the Government of Ukraine, including by the MFA, to properly organize the work of observers during the parliamentary elections.