Do politicians in your country promote foreign endorsements in preelection campaigns? How is it perceived?

A trend was developed in Cyprus in the last couple of electoral cycles where candidates for local offices seek and then campaign around endorsements they receive from other, mainly EU-, countries. These are usually politicians from the corresponding Europarties or counterparts from their current positions (e.g. other Min FAs if a former Min FA is running for President).

It was [first done by President Anastasiadis and EPP](https://www.dw.com/el/%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7-%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BA/a-16510421) and initially it was very controversial because if a foreign leader (e.g. Merkel back then) throws her weight behind a specific candidate, there’s a sense that should that candidate lose, relations with e.g. Germany will sour. It was described by opposition and some neutral third parties as unnecessary foreign intervention in a domestic political process.

Since then, it has become a standard part of election campaigns and it looks like all political forces adopted it.

Question inspired by most recent headline: https://youtu.be/CJ3Ecc0DGn8 (endorsements for presidential candidate Christodoulidis, former Min FA, but various other present and former Min FAs from e.g. Bulgaria, Italy, Malta, Luxembourg but also Armenia, Albania, Lebanon and other countries of the broader region).

EDIT: Fixed some minor wording issues and added link for news coverage of the first instance of this tradition.