AKIPRESS.COM - Hollywood actor Richard Gere arrived in Ulaanbaatar with his girlfriend Alejandra Silva in a fourth ever visit to Mongolia.

Last time Gere was in Mongolia was in 2010.

"Today, he visited the State House, although it is unknown whom he met," Gogo Mongolia reported on Friday.

The purpose of the visit is, reportedly, to do some researches for a new movie project.

In 2010, Richard Gere, 68, visited Mongolia for an international conference related to Mongolian Buddhism.