The credibility of elections is under threat globally as fewer people turn out to vote, and results are increasingly contested.
Mr Scholz said this as he continued visiting Kazakhstan for a regional summit.
A roadmap endorsed at the meeting underlined key areas for cooperation between the EU and the Central Asian countries.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell suggested making longer-term financing commitments for military aid and using EU money to support the delivery of modern fighter jets and missiles.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat.
The report by the Committee to Project Journalists followed a sprawling global investigation by the Sweden-based Qurium Foundation.
As of Thursday, 13 Kyrgyz citizens had been evacuated from Sudan, including three working at the UN office in Khartoum.
The posts were made mainly during the U.S. East Coast business hours and in Arabic, Farsi and Russian.
The 161 member states, including Nigeria, voted in favour of the resolution, while eight abstained from voting.
The UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) says an estimated 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since Russia’s February 24 invasion.
