(VOVworld) – Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that preparations have been made to allow next week’s parliamentary elections for Egyptians voting abroad to be carried out smoothly. At a press conference on Sunday, Minister Sameh Shoukry said that his ministry implemented a training course for officials who will be sent to help diplomatic missions abroad carry out the delayed elections. Shoukry said the participation of Egyptians abroad in the final phase of the post-2013 regime change road map is vital, state news reported. Some 139 embassies and consulates abroad will serve the 700,000 Egyptians abroad who are registered to vote. There are an estimated 10 million Egyptians who live abroad, according to the most recent estimates. The first round of polling for the unicameral legislature will take place on Saturday and Sunday, a day before the polls in Egypt on Sunday and Monday. There has been no parliament in Egypt in over two years.