Ulaanbaatar
Strategic meeting of Mongolia and Japan Foreign Ministries completes
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A strategic consultative meeting between the Foreign Ministries of Mongolia and Japan was held in Ulaanbaatar on February 21. The meeting was chaired by the State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Mongolia D.Davaasuren and Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan T.Akiba.
At the meeting, the parties evaluated the current situation of the two countries’ relationship and exchanged their views on targets of the near future and midterm. The both parties appreciated that political relations and mutual trust have reached the highest level and emphasized that economic partnership agreement was a historic success in the relationships between the two countries. They agreed on the importance of introducing friendly and trustworthy relationships at the high level into all level.
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ministry D.Davaasuren expressed that Mongolia gives significance to enrich Strategic partnership relations of the two countries with economic context and increase efficiency of Economic partnership agreement. And he said Mongolia has an aspiration to actively develop the Mongolia-Japan relationship amid the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations of the two countries this year.
The parties agreed that the Foreign affairs Ministries would closely cooperate to establish a new medium term strategic partnership program.
Japan acknowledges that Mongolia faces economic difficulties, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan T.Akiba and noted that Japan will support Mongolian economic renovation in collaboration with international organizations including the International Monetary Fund. He underlined developing Mongolia and Japan relationship based on principle of being mutually beneficial is essential to become a Strategic partner in real sense.
