Ulaanbaatar
Deputy Foreign Minister pays call on Lao Foreign Minister
Politics
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ On August 27, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg, who
is paying a working visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, paid a call
on the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith.
Underlining
that the consultative meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministries taking
place in Vientiane, Laos since 2015 has great significance for the bilateral
cooperation, Deputy Minister B.Battsetseg reaffirmed the invitation to Mr. Saleumxay
Kommasith to visit Mongolia.
The Lao
Foreign Minister expressed pleasure at the cooperation between the countries being
enriched with new contents, while voicing his wish to visit Mongolia.
Presently, 45
Lao students are studying in Mongolia on a Mongolian government scholarship and
over 20 Mongolian students are studying in Laos on a scholarship from the Lao
government.
Mr. Saleumxay
Kommasith noted that 1050 sheep granted last year by the Mongolian
government as a humanitarian aid to Laos have grown to 1400 and it is a new symbol of friendship
between Mongolia and Laos. The two nations also confirmed their close
cooperation in safeguarding the interests of landlocked countries.
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