Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia to consider oil industry cooperation with Russia’s Tatarstan Republic
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Prime Minister of Mongolia Ch.Saikhanbileg received June 21 Mr Rustam Minnikhanov, the president of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, on the sidelines of the latter’s working visit here, to discuss the bilateral economic cooperation.
In the margin of the strategic partnership between Mongolia and the Russian Federation, the government of Mongolia is interested in development intensified economic cooperation with Tatarstan, the PM noted. He also put forward an offer for experiences investors and businesspeople from Tatarstan to cooperate with Mongolia in oil processing industries.
The first oil project can be the foundation of Mongolia-Tatarstan friendship, as Erdenet Mining Corporation has become the eternal symbol of Mongolian-Russian economic ties, said Mr Ch.Saikhanbileg.
The Premier told Mr Minnikhanov that our business people have gotten au fait with the successful free trade zone and industrial park developments in Tatarstan, and that they are eager to supply meat and meat products to the republic.
President of Tatarstan applauded the cooperation offer of the Prime Minister in oil industry, and noted that it is possible to supply petroleum to Mongolia, to organize Mongolian-made product fair and exhibitions, and invite Mongolian business representatives in Tatarstan, as well as to increase the flow of tourists to Mongolia.
Present were at the meeting, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr D.Gankhuyag, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Mongolia Mr I.K.Azizov, and the accompanying delegation of the president of Tatarstan.
