Ulaanbaatar
Bundestag member visits
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A member of the German Bundestag (parliament) Tankred Schipanski visited Mongolia on August 13-17.
In frames of the visit, Mr Schipanski gave a lecture themed “Internal democracy of political parties and youths’ role in politics” to participants of a program for young political leaders, which is implemented by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS). Furthermore, officials including Mr Schipanski; Dr Daniel Schmucking, the KAS permanent representative to Mongolia; and Dr Gerd Foerch, acting deputy director of the project on Mongolia-Germany Joint Institute of Technology at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) legged the institute.
Mr Schipanski also met with D.Terbishdagva, a member of the Mongolia-Germany group at the State Great Khural of Mongolia; D.Murat MP; and S.Oyun, chairwoman of the “Zorig” foundation, exchanging views on present political matters and the bilateral cooperation.
This meeting was followed by another trilateral meeting hosted by J.Batsuuri, the Mongolian Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sport with Mr Schipanski, the Bundestag member; and Stefan Duppel, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Mongolia.
