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Premier Saikhanbileg and Indian Speaker Mahajan discuss new areas of cooperation
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Prime Minister of Mongolia Ch.Saikhanbileg paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Indian Parliament’s Lower House (Lok Sabha) Ms Sumitra Mahajan on April 19.
Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Mongolia and India, and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a state visit to Mongolia. "As a result of this visit, a friendship of our countries has been upgraded not only in the traditional sectors, such as culture and education, but also in IT, renewable energy, industry and agriculture," Ch.Saikhanbileg said.
He expressed a satisfaction with the deepening of the two countries’ ties on a strategic level and highlighted that Mongolian side is aspired to bost mutually beneficial and sustainable commercial and economic cooperation with India.
Mr Saikhanbileg went on that the actions of the Mongolian-Indian Cooperation joint committee are of great importance in determining the bilateral commercial and economic collaboration priorities and in promoting the ties between the two private sectors.
Ms Mahajan introduced to him a delegation, consisting of members of the Indian Parliament. She said that, although Mongolia and India are not neighbors with boders shared, they share values in intellect, culture and religion. It is suitable for the two sides that they consolidate a further cooperation and move forward hand in hand in the IT age, she said, adding that Mongolia and India can cooperate in local development, as India has many-year expertise in this sphere due to large yet sparsely distributed population.
