Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I want to welcome Ambassador Ludin. We had long discussions not only here, in the committee, but also at the embassy and elsewhere. He is a very active diplomat and an excellent advocate for his country.
However, Mr. Ludin, I have always told you, because I consider you as a friend, that I would invariably tell you the truth and always say exactly what I think. Before deferring to my friend Mr. Dorion, I want to talk about election results. The independent commission said in a statement that it would probably reject partly or completely the votes from 430 voting sites and that hearings are being held about 830 other sites because they suspect massive fraud took place during the elections.
This is my first question to you, Mr. Ludin. The commission was to hold a press conference on Monday of this week. Two hours before the expected time, the commission said the press conference could not be held because they needed more details but that an announcement would be made on Wednesday, which is today. As the ambassador, can you tell us if this announcement was indeed made today?