SPEAKER RECEIVES AMBASSADORS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Speaker Z.Enkhbold received on November 7 the accredited and concurrent Ambassadors of the EU members to Mongolia. The Speaker appreciated an opportunity to meet with them and congratulated the newly appointed Ambassadors of the European Union, of Hungary and Cyprus for their presentations of credentials and wished them a success. This meeting has become traditional, starting from 2009, it is a cooperation mechanism between Mongolia and Europe, he said. “In a scope of its 'Third neighbor' policy, Mongolia wants to expand relations with all members of the EU in every possible sphere," he said and added that Mongolia looks for support and recommendations from European countries on organization of the ASEM summit to take place in Ulaanbaatar in 2016. He said that the established on April 30 of 2013 Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between Mongolia and the EU is to have its importance in determining directions of the bilateral relations and cooperation in many sectors. The Agreement has been ratified by Mongolia and by 12 EU members, "and I want to urge other EU countries to support intensifying of the ratification procedures in their countries". The assured the guests that Mongolia can overcome nowadays economic and political difficulties and keep its social sustainability and economic development. Mongolia has inked agreements with 17 EU members on Promoting and Securing Investments. "Our country aims to introduce the European norms and standards to all economic sectors, and I thank the EU for its kind support. In regards of the above obligations, the project to promote facilitating Mongolia’s standardization began to be implemented from April 1 this year," he said. He mentioned that Mongolia and European Parliament holds meeting every two years, and the 10th consultative meeting is to happen in 2015 in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia and NATO established a document of partnership in 2012, and a group for interactions with the NATO Assembly has been operating at the State Great Khural since then. Mongolia has also become a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. “The 2015 Autumn Session of the OSCE Parliament Assembly will also run in Ulaanbaatar”, Mr Enkhbold said and expressed his belief that all Ambassadors will actively cooperate in the organization of the above events. At the end of the meeting, the Speaker answered the questions of Ambassadors. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of 27 countries, including Germany, the UK, France, the Czech Republic, Austria and Belgium, participated in the meeting. Present were also vice-chairmen of the State Great Khural M.Enkhbold and L.Tsog, and S.Byambatsogt and N.Battsereg MPs.