Speaker meets Ambassadors of France, India, and Kuwait
PoliticsUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ Speaker of the State Great Khural G.Zandanshatar yesterday held
meetings with the Ambassadors of France, India, and Kuwait to Mongolia.
With the
French Ambassador, Speaker G.Zandanshatar talked about the programs and
projects planned to be implemented in Mongolia as well as the communication
and information technology. Ambassador Philippe Merlin remarked a consultative meeting was held between the two Foreign
Ministries last month, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of bilateral
diplomatic ties, and noted that both sides are working to raise bilateral
relations and cooperation to a comprehensive partnership level. In turn, Speaker
G.Zandanshatar said “There is a great opportunity to expand bilateral relations
and trade and economic cooperation. At this time when Mongolia’s economy is
recovering, we are focusing on the expansion of construction, rail and road
sectors. Moreover, we plan to discuss the Law on Renewable Energy at the spring
session” and proposed facilitating visa requirements between the two countries.
In the beginning
of the meeting with Indian Ambassador Mohinder Pratap Singh, The Speaker underlined
the Parliament is ready and pleased to work together and requested the
Ambassador to be attentive towards realizing the previously discussed projects and
programs including opening a branch of the India's top IT
University in Mongolia. Speaker G.Zandanshatar briefed Ambassador Singh on the ‘E-Parliament’
project and proposed cooperating with India as it leads the world in IT and
engineering. “The active cooperation between the parliaments of the two
countries, especially the parliamentary groups, has a key role in opening up new
cooperation opportunities in the future” said the Indian Ambassador while showing
his willingness to support the 'E-Parliament" project by bringing Indian experts to Mongolia for sharing experience.
At the
meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador Mohammad Faisal Al-Mutairi, the parties exchanged
views on cooperation in energy and infrastructure development and reiterated
the invitation to the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly to visit
Mongolia. The Ambassador expressed his interest in intensifying
inter-parliamentary relations and increasing mutual parliament-level visits. Voicing
his readiness to strengthen ties and advance cooperation in economy, trade,
culture, education, and investment, Speaker G.Zandanshatar noted “The sides
held talks on all the issues of common interest during the mutual high-level
visits that have increased lately. I am confident that these visits will give impetus to further
develop bilateral relations and cooperation” The Speaker also extended thanks for
granting non-refundable aid in health and infrastructure sectors of Mongolia
and for financing construction of the Mongolia-Kuwait Research Center.