BATCHIMEG MP: "ULAANBAATAR WILL PROVIDE CONVENIENT DIALOGUE ENVIRONMENT FOR OSCE"

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolian delegation, comprising M.Batchimeg and L.Bold MP and Ts.Narantungalag, a head of Foreign Relations Division of the Parliament secretary, is taking part in the 24th Annual Session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)’s Parliamentary Assembly, in Helsinki of Finland. This year's theme is "Recalling the Spirit of Helsinki", a reference to the 40th anniversary of the OSCE's founding document, the Helsinki Final Act, signed in the Finnish capital in 1975. The OSCE has been expanding to become the largest international organization for security cooperation, conducting now operations also in Mongolia and in countries of Central Asia. Mongolia joined the organization in 2012 as its 57th member, our State Great Khural has become a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. In connection with the European Union’s sanction against Russia, the Government of Finland denied the visa applications of five Russian MPs, including the chairman of State Duma S.Naryshkin. The Russian side said its parliamentary delegation will skip this session, however, it will attend the OSCE PA meeting in Ulaanbaatar this September. Delegates from Germany, the UK, Austria, Norway, Spain, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Portugal have given speeches at the meeting, criticizing the above decision of the Finnish government. M.Batchimeg, the head of Parliamentary group for relations with the OSCE PA, said Mongolia will put efforts to create more convenient for dialogue conditions at the Autumn Session of the PA in Ulaanbaatar.