Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ There is a tradition in Mongolia that top three state officials host a meeting with ambassadors, diplomats and permanent representatives of international organizations on occasion of New Year. Accordingly, President Kh.Battulga together with Speaker M. Enkhbold and PM U.Khurelsukh hosted a meeting with ambassadors, diplomats and permanent representatives of international organizations in Ulaanbaatar on January 11 at State House.
 
To inaugurate the meeting, President Kh.Battulga extended his warm greetings and best wishes of well-being for the upcoming Lunar New Year celebration of the year of the Yellow Dog.  
He also gave remarks on democracy, economy and transparency of taxation in Mongolia.
 
In his remarks, he said, “As representatives of the Mongolian Government, we are satisfied with our cooperation with all of you, honorable representatives of our partner countries and international organizations in overcoming economic challenges, boosting foreign trade and enhancing economy last year. Mongolians have made great efforts to maintain the friendly and good-neighborly relations, to broaden the existing cooperation and to increase economic benefits with the Russian Federation and People’s Republic of China and we will continue doing so. Reaching a principal agreement on ‘Establishing of the Mongolia-Russia-China Economic Corridor Program’ and establishing ‘Research Center for Investment’ and agreeing on projects to be implemented in the first place with our neighbors marks an important step to further our cooperation.” 
 
He added, “Within our foreign policy framework, we have firmly pursued the principles of developing our ties and cooperation with the “Third neighbors”, other countries of the World and international organizations in all possible fields and contribute to the common efforts and prosperity of the international community.”
 
Concluding the speech, the President said, “This year, we will pay a concerted attention to improving the economic security, the cornerstone of our national security. Within this objective, we aim to work on increasing foreign direct investment, improving the utilization and effectiveness of aid and soft loans, engaging actively in the regional integration, establishing Free Trade Agreements, facilitating and supporting all aspects of foreign trade, easing the condition for citizens to travel abroad, as well as protecting the rights and interests of our citizens living abroad. We will implement a specific policy and work on diversifying our export products and building a multi-pillar economy. For this purpose, your assistance and support will be highly appreciated.” 

Following the President’s remarks, K.Koblandin, dean of the diplomatic corps in Mongolia and Ambassador of Kazakhstan, delivered greetings to the top three state officials of Mongolia.   
In his speech, K.Koblandin said that they are pleased that Mongolia is implementing projects and actions to strengthen its economic capacity and social development.
He added that Mongolia’s new government encounters an uneasy duty to improve livelihoods of citizens, and expressed satisfactions with cooperation with Mongolia’s ministries and agencies, continuing agreements agreed, within the framework of diplomatic corps.