At the beginning of the meeting, Ms. Gabriella Spirli congratulated the Speaker on his appointment, delivering felicitation message of President of the National Council of Switzerland, Marina Carobbio Guscetti.

Speaker G.Zandanshatar stated his view that a reform is in high demand for the development of parliamentary democracy and pointed out the great importance of having fact-based debates at the Parliament, and reinventing the governance to e-governance by digitizing the legislative process and delivering government information and services digitally. "Thus, we would like to cooperate in the development of parliamentary democracy as the parliaments of European countries including Switzerland have extensive experience in this area," said the Speaker.

In turn, Ms. Gabriella Spirli expressed her hope that the proposals and other issues will be discussed broadly and cooperation measures will be defined during mutual visits of the Speakers of the two countries.

Moreover, the sides exchanged views on the projects being implemented by SDC in Mongolia and their effects and the SDC Director of Cooperation and Consul General detailed Speaker G.Zandanshatar on the agency’s projects planned to be implemented in Mongolia on protecting health of pregnant women and children from air pollution, easing centralization, and strengthening local governance.

Ms. Gabriella Spirli also pledged to study the Speaker’s proposal to jointly hold a public hearing on the bill on pastureland and use payment.

Between 2007 and 2016, SDC carried out a total of 15 projects in Mongolia in three main areas of agriculture and food safety; vocational education and training; and administrative reform, local government and citizen participation; and in the Dispatch on Switzerland’s International Cooperation 2017–2020 adopted by the Federal Council in 2016, the country decided to continue providing development assistance to Mongolia.