Speaker meets members of Russian Federation Council and State Duma

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2016-04-22 11:35:31

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Chairman of the State Great Khural (parliament) Z.Enkhbold received Thursday a delegation of the Russian Federation--B.Zhamsuyev, A.Vorfolomeev; members of the Federation Council; and A.Tarnavsky and N.Makarov, members of the State Duma.

The Speaker thanked the delegation for taking part in the 9th Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP9) and underlined that a development of the traditional and good neighborhood ties with the Russian Federation is one of the priorities of Mongolia's foreign policy, and emphasized a significance of enriching the strategic partnership with Russia at a newer level.

The Mongolia-Russia inter-parliamentary ties and cooperation have been running at a high level, he went on. The Mongolia-Russia inter-parliamentary group at our parliament with 21 members and chaired by a Vice Speaker R.Gonchigdorj is working dynamically, he added. 

Talking about the visits of the chairs of the State Duma and the Federation Council to Mongolia in 2015, the Speaker said these visits reflect a present volume of the inter-parliamentary relations between our countries.

Mr Zhamsuyev thanked the Speaker for the audience and conveyed to him greetings from S.Ye.Naryshkin, the Chairman of the State Duma; and V.I.Matviyenko, the Chairwoman of the Federation Council.

Russia is participating in the ASEP9 for the third time, Mr Zhamsuyev noted and highlighted an importance of this meeting in making parliamentary delegates of Asia and Europe closer. He emphasized that an official visit of the Mongolian parliament Speaker to Russia last year gave an impetus to the cooperation.

After this the sides discussed some matters and shared views on ways of boosting the cooperation between the two legislative bodies, bilateral cooperation in trade and economy, great construction, inter-citizens' ties and other issues.

Present at the meeting were R.Gonchigdorj, a Vice Speaker of parliament; D.Terbishdagva MP; and other officials.    

 

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