49 polling stations set up in Azerbaijan's diplomatic missions abroad
Azerbaijani citizens who are abroad on the day of the early presidential elections on February 7 will have the opportunity to vote at 49 polling stations that have been established in 37 countries.
This is stated in the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
Note that the voting will take place from 08:00 to 19:00 local time at polling stations established in the diplomatic missions of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
At that, the polling station at the Azerbaijani Embassy in China in Beijing will be the first to open, and the Consulate General in Los Angeles in the USA will be the last.
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