On 2^nd of February, the Executive Council of the Democratic Party (DP) held a meeting, during which it was decided to deliver a proposal to the Civil Will Green Party (CWGP)and theMongolian National Democratic Party (MNDP) inviting them to merge with them. Following this decision, the acting General Secretary of the DPL.Erkhembayar handed the proposal to the General Secretary of the CWGP,B.Khuder-Yan.

The invitation included the following: “The DP considers CWGP to be a democratic party, which makes a real contribution to creating a humanitarian and democratic society in Mongolia. The CWGP has been repeatedly participating in elections and members of the CWGP have been working in Parliament and Government. Based on this co-operation, the DP wishes to invite the CWGP to join it and thereby strenghten democracy, and support the future development of Mongolia. Therefore, we ask you, to form working group to prepare an agreement, in accordance with the guidelines set out by the “Law on Political Parties”.

Yesterday afternoon, the two parties met to discuss this issue. The CWGP, however, will not maked their final decision so easily. The same source said that CWGP will decide after the meeting of the Executive Council and the CWGP general meeting.

Also, DP Chairman and Parliamentary Speaker Z.Enkhbold handed the same invitation to MNDP general secretary D.Battsereg.