Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Yondon Otgonbayar of Mongolia

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grievances and determine which complaints were worth pursuing.

But Mr Otgonbayar said the secretary general of the rival Democratic Party, which has accused the MPRP of fraud in Sunday's parliamentary elections, has failed to turn up to the talks.

Otgonbayar said the parties' secretary generals had decided to meet on Sunday to examine their electoral grievances and determine which complaints were worth pursuing.

MPRP Secretary Yondon Otgonbayar says the impasse threatened to derail the 14-year-old democracy in the former communist nation.

Otgonbayar says the situation following the elections was worrisome to all sides, and it was at times uncertain whether it would be resolved.