Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday said that presidential elections in Egypt are an important phase in the "friendly" nation's political development.
The ministry's spokesman Alexander Lukashevich was quoted by Egypt's state news agency MENA as saying that Russian representatives are in Egypt to follow the electoral process.
Lukashevich added that the presidential poll was crucial in being the means by which the country will transfer power from the military to a democratically elected president.
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