FM TS.MUNKH-ORGIL MEETS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Ts.Munkh-Orgil, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia received delegates led by Laima Liucija Andrikiene, Vice Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikstan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia, of the European Parliament on June 23. Laima Liucija Andrikiene is included in the observer team of the Presidential election of Mongolia from the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe, heading the European Parliament delegates. At the meeting, the dignitaries talked about issues of bilateral relations and cooperation, especially, future works and the results of an official visit of the Foreign Minister of Mongolia to the European Union last May. In the framework of the visit, the sides exchanged views on the cooperation, such moving forward the validation of a partnership and cooperation agreement established between Mongolia and EU, increasing a number of Mongolian students, to be included in the EU educational scholarship programs, and easing visa requirements with the EU. B.Oyundelger