The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, L.Bold and the Vice President of the European Commission Ms. Catherine Ashton met for bilateral talks in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ulaanbaatar on April 30th.

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union and the Vice President of the European Commission, Ms. Catherine Ashton, who is making an official visit to Mongolia, attended the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies.

During the bilateral talks, both parties emphasized cooperation based on mutual understanding and that values of democracy between Mongolia, EU and its member countries are diversifying with varied content as a result of bilateral efforts.

Further, both parties agreed as part of long term strategic goals, including foreign policy, Mongolia ensures to progressively develop cooperation and relations with EU and its member countries in every sector. This historical visit representing the EU, Mongolia`s third neighbor, is for strengthening bilateral trusts and culturing cooperation, keeping the tradition of negotiation and bilateral talks and improving the gains of cooperation.

Within the talks, Mongolia and EU signed the “Agreement of Partnership and Cooperation” and the “Efforts for Cultivation of Mongolia`s Standardization system”

Signing the Agreement of Partnership and Cooperation opened new possibilities in Mongolia to develop cooperation and partnership with EU and its 27 member countries on a new level.