Ulaanbaatar
Ambassador of India presents his Letter of Credence
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ The
newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
India to Mongolia, Mr. Mohinder Pratap Singh, presented his letter of credence
to President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga today.
In this regard, President
Battulga received Ambassador Singh and discussed matters of bilateral
relations.
At
the outset, President Battulga congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment
and remarked that he will be open and pleased to work with the Ambassador as it
involves great efforts on his part to further develop the traditional friendly
relations between Mongolia and India.
President
Battulga mentioned about the positive implications of the visit of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to Mongolia in 2015 on all aspects of bilateral
relations and expressed his satisfaction with the progress of the ongoing oil
refinery project which Mongolia launched with the help of the USD 1 billion
soft loan from India that was announced during the visit.
Furthermore,
President Battulga requested the Ambassador to pay close attention to the
implementation of projects and programs that have been on agenda before,
including the establishment of the branch of a reputed Indian technology
institute in Mongolia on a soft loan provided by India.
For
his part, Ambassador Singh thanked President Battulga for accepting his
credentials and meeting him, while assuring the latter of his support towards
bilateral projects and programs that are currently active and are in talks for
implementation and his commitment to strengthening the advancing relations
between our two countries.
The
sides exchanged views on a wide range of matters pertaining to bilateral
friendly relations and cooperation in the fields of politics, culture, and
education.
Mongolia
and India established diplomatic relations on December 24th, 1955.
Mongolia
opened its embassy in New Delhi in 1956, and India opened its embassy in
Ulaanbaatar in 1971.
source: president.mn
