Ulaanbaatar
Foreign Minister holds official talks with his Singaporean counterpart
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Paying
an official visit to the Republic of Singapore, Minister of Foreign Affairs
D.Tsogtbaatar held official talks with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian
Balakrishnan on June 6.
During the talks, the sides
spoke of expanding bilateral relations in trade, investment, economy and
educational sectors and strengthening cooperation in international and regional
arena.
Minister D.Tsogtbaatar noted
it is the first time that Mongolian Foreign Minister is paying an official visit to Singapore since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1970.
Mr. Tsogtbaatar said he
hopes Mr. Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Mongolia within the framework of
celebrating 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations to be marked
next year.
The sides stated it is time
to intensify actual business and economic cooperation as bilateral political
friendly relations strengthened and legal basis of cooperation settled. In this
regard, they underlined an importance of Mongolia-Singapore Business Dialogue
to be held on June 7.
Mr. Tsogtbaatar said he
hopes that Singapore will support Mongolia to be ASEAN dialogue partner and
participate in East Asia Summit.
The Singaporean Minister
expressed readiness to render supports for capacity building of Mongolia’s
state servants and giving knowledge on capital market.
The same day, Minister
D.Tsogtbaatar gave interview to the television program of ‘Channel News Asia’
TV, which is viewed by 100 million audiences, and the interview touched Mongolia-Singapore relations and Mongolia’s foreign policy and actions.
Moreover, he got acquainted with activities of the National Research Foundation
of Singapore, which sets the national direction for research and development by
developing policies, plans and strategies for research, innovation and
enterprise.
