Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - Germany and Mongolia agreed Friday on a comprehensive military partnership during a state visit by German President Horst Koehler to the Asian country.

Both countries said they want to collaborate in the future on UN peacekeeping missions and agreed to regular meetings between their governments.

Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar said there would be a "new level" of relations with Germany that would further foster Mongolian-German cooperation.

Germany's government is also interested in investing in Mongolia's mining sector and sent a delegation there last month.

Ulaanbaatar - Mongolia's newly elected parliament was unable to convene Thursday when the members of the largest opposition party refused to be sworn in.

Tsakhia Elbegdorj, head of the opposition Democratic Party (DP), justified the parliamentary boycott three weeks after the elections by claiming election fraud.

He claimed that all suggestions by the DP to solve Mongolia's post-election crisis in a conciliatory manner had been ignored.

Five people were killed in unrest after the June 29 elections in the country of 2.6 million inhabitants.

The DP accused the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) of fraud and demanded the resignation of the government and the election commission chairman.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  - Mongolian opposition leader Tsakhia Elbegdorj announced his resignation Friday, three weeks after controversial elections returned the ruling party to power, and said his p

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  - Mongolia's election commission on Monday confirmed the victory of

Ulan Bator - Calm has returned to Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator Thursday after post-election rioting alleging fraud left five dead and the imposition of a state of emergency.

Preliminary results released by the election commission indicate that the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) won 46 of the 76 seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

The rival Democratic Party won just 26 seats in the State Great Khural, or parliament. Election observers have reported indications of fraud, including ghosts or absentees who did not live at the registered address.