(VOVworld) - The High Elections Commission approved on Friday requests presented by about 60 foreign embassies in Egypt to follow up the upcoming Egyptian parliamentary elections to kick off this month.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (c) and new cabinet members in Cairo on Sep. 19. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

HEC spokesman Omar Marwan said the 60 embassies included the US embassy and a number of embassies of Asian and EU countries.

Eighty seven non-governmental organizations are expected to participate in the monitoring together with 44 news agencies and 13 online newspapers to report the poll.

Egyptians inside or outside the country will cast their ballots from 9 am to 9 pm on days set for voting.

The elections are divided into two phases starting next Saturday and run through December 2^nd.