Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov celebrates his 44th birthday today by announcing the support of another 10 nations for his re-election bid. Now, he has 50 countries committed while Mr. Bessel Kok has 30 countries committed to him. It will come down to the last few weeks before the election.

Here is the list of 50 countries supporting Mr. Ilyumzhinov:

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Azerbaijan – Bahrain – Barbados – Belize – Bermuda – Botswana -Chile – Costa Rica – Dominican Republic – Ecuador – Egypt – El Salvador – Ethiopia – Georgia – Greece – Honduras – India – Iraq – Jordan – Kazakhstan – Kuwait – Laos – Lebanon – Libya – Madagascar – Mauritius – Moldova – Morocco – Myanmar – Nicaragua – Nigeria – Panama – Quatar – Russia – Singapore – Sudan – Surinam – Syria – Tajikistan – Turkmenistan – Uganda – United Arab Emirates – US Virgin Islands – Uzbekistan – Vietnam – Yemen – Zambia

The list of 30 countries supporting Mr. Kok can be seen here. One odd thing is both sides claim to have the support of Afghanistan.Posted by Picasa

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