Ulaanbaatar
Speaker receives NPCC Standing committee’s chairwoman
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold received Monday a visiting delegation headed by Ms Yan Junqi, the vice chairwoman of the Standing committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPCC).
The high guest thanked the Speaker for the audience and conveyed him greetings of Mr Zhang Dejinag, the Chairman of the NPCC’s Standing Committee. She noted that a joint meeting of the permanent talk mechanism between the legislative bodies of the two countries is going to run soon as a result of a memorandum, established during the official visit of the Speaker of Mongolia to China last year.
China and Mongolia are not only neighbors, but also they are economic partners, so it is vital to promote the mutual political trust, he said and hoped that the inter-parliamentary exchanges and cooperation will play a main role in it. She wants to discuss issues of the two countries development and to exchange views on the cooperation, she added.
In response, the Speaker expressed a satisfaction with the establishment of the permanent mechanism between the Mongolian State Great Khural (parliament) and the NPCC. He underlined that the current policy of China on its ties with neighboring countries provides more opportunities to r boost not only the bilateral relations, but also the regional cooperation. Developing of long-term ties good neighborhood relations and mutually beneficial cooperation is one of the priorities of Mongolia’s foreign policy, he went on.
Expressing a willingness to continue mutual exchanges and cooperation between representatives of the legislative bodies and political parties in all spheres, Mr Enkhbold said Mongolia maintains one of the priorities--to boost the friendly relations within the foreign policy.
Then, the sides exchanged views on the bilateral cooperation in trade, economy, infrastructure, agriculture and other spheres. They also expressed a confidence that the bilateral relations will widen as a result of mutual efforts.
Present at the meeting were R.Burmaa MP, the Minister of Food and Agriculture; S.Byambatsogt MP, chairman of the Mongolian People’s Party’s (MPP) faction and head of the Mongolia-China business council; G.Batkhuu MP, a deputy head of the Mongolia-China inter-parliamentary group at parliament; S.Odontuya and D.Terbishdagva MPs; B.Boldbaatar, the Secretary-General of the Parliamentary Office; and others.
