A European Union team will arrive in Dhaka soon to observe the upcoming general elections to be held on January 7.
The Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Seheli Sabrin in the weekly media briefing on Thursday said that the team would consist of four members of experts.
Besides, she said the Commonwealth would send a pre-election assessment mission from November 18 to 22.
She said the foreign ministry does not have any list of interested persons or organizations who want to observe the election.
“But we heard that the Election Commission got some requests,” she said.
Replying to a question, she, however, said the government did not seek any assistance or support from any country or organisations related to elections.
Officials at the Election Commission said the EU observers are likely to reach Bangladesh on November 21. They would stay in Bangladesh for two months.
Earlier, the EU wrote to the Election Commission saying it would not observe the Bangladesh general election due to fund constraints, following a pre-election observation mission's report.
However, later they moved away from the decision and said that they would send four observers in the upcoming polls.