Some 400 CIS observers will monitor the Kazakh presidential elections due on December 4, head of the CIS observers mission at Kazakh presidential elections Yevgeny Sloboda said at a press conference in Astana. Sloboda said that the mission includes 42 permanent CIS observers. Moreover, Sloboda said observers from border regions will be invited to the upcoming elections. \"In particular, observers from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan will monitor the elections in Kazakh southern regions, Russia will monitor elections in northern districts, and Azerbaijani observers will monitor the elections in Aktau (in the west). Moreover, the mission is going to monitor polling stations abroad,\" he said. Sloboda said that the CIS mission will consist of representatives of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, parliamentary members of the Russian-Belarussian Union, representatives of the CIS diplomatic corps, deputies and election commissions members. \"Representatives of all CIS members will monitor the elections, except Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, even though invitations were sent to them,\" Sloboda said. (Interfax)