S.BATBOLD: WE NEED TO STUDY EXPERIENCES OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The Prime Minister S.Batbold has ordered members of a working group to intensify an introduction of the European standards into all spheres of Mongolia. The working group has been set up with an aim to work out a policy on implementing common principles, norms and standards of the European Union (EU).
On Thursady, the group discussed a draft plan and decided then to update it including into it the Premier and some Ministers' proposals.
Former socialist countries in Europe such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland have become plenipotentiary members of the EU thanks to successfully realizing the Union's common principles, norms and standards. Candidates for the EU must fulfill the standards in the first turn.
The Premier underlined that Mongolia should study experiences of the above countries because "our country has traditional relations with them and used to have the same political system". He expressed a hope that these European countries are ready to help Mongolia.
Mentioning that our country intends to establish a partnership and cooperation contract with the EU, the Premier noted that this contract has a special chapter about a collaboration in implementation of the European standards, norms and common principles. He said the EU appreciated this contract, and obliged the working group to intensify the works by updating the plan.
At the end of the meeting, an Ambassador B.Batkhishig was appointed as secretary of the working group which is led by N.Altankhuyag, the First Deputy Premier of Mongolia.
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