SPEAKER RECEIVES GERMAN DELEGATION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Chairman of the State Great Khural (parliament) Z.Enkhbold Monday received a visiting here these days delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The delegation includes Mr M.Grund, a member of Germany’s Bundestag (parliament), manager of both the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union and head of the Germany-Central Asian inter-parliamentary group; and Tomislav Delinic, a manager of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s (KAF) Northeast Asian branch. Mr Grund congratulated the Speaker on being elected the chairman of the Democratic Party (DP). "Mongolia has become an exemplary state in its region for its development of democracy, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar have expressed us a willingness to study Mongolia’s experience in democracy, and the KAF has been cooperating with the DP," Mr Grund said and asked the Speaker to give a report at the KAF’s Academy. The KAF has been running activities in Mongolia for years, the Speaker noted ans said the DP is forming the new cabinet with a members from other political parties. Then the sides exchanged views on other issues. Present at the meeting were also R.Burmaa MP, a head of the parliamentary Standing committee on petitions; Johannes D. Rey, the KAF Representative to Mongolia.