The head of the Central Asia and Mongolia Section of the European Parliament, Paolo Bartalocci, has written to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade G.Zandanshatar that the EU, the European Commission, the European Foreign Relations Office and the European Parliament all favor opening a EU mission in Ulaanbaatar and are working on it. The Minister had earlier written to the Vice President of the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Office to consider opening such a mission