At the invitation of Martin Schulz, President of European Parliament, Mongolian President Ts.Elbegdorj will address the European Parliament Meeting (EPM).  The EPM will take place on 8^th-11^th June 2015 and will consist of 751 members from the 28 European Union member states.

This year marks the 25^th Anniversary of Democracy in Mongolia. The invitation is a rare mark of respect to Mongolia, since few Asians have addressed the European-Parliament. President Elbegdorj will speech on the second day of the EPM, (9^th June 2015) at 12.00am (local time) for 30 minutes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported – The President will speak in particular about the current state of democracy in  Mongolian, attempts to deepen democracy and to obtain support from European Union (EU). Also, Mongolian representatives hope that, some issues will be solved for example; intensifying cooperation and establishing an official EU Representation in Ulaanbaatar. Also another priority is concluding an “Agreement of Partnership and Cooperation” and to have Mongolia removed from the “Non-Commodity Economy Countries List”.

During the visit, Mr. Elbegdorj will exchange opinions about partnership and co-operation between the two sides with European Parliament President Martin Schulz, and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.

The Euro-Parliament is the supreme legislature of the EU, and, as such, is the one of the most influential parliaments of the world; members are elected directly by the citizens of the member countries.

Historically, from 1957 the Euro-Parliament used to select its members from the member countries directly; since 1979, however, it started to choose members by election every 5 years. The Euro-Parliament is located in Strasbourg France.