Ulaanbaatar
Presidents of Mongolia and India met
Politics
New Delhi /MONTSAME/.
President Kh.Battulga met his Indian counterpart Shri
Ram Nath Kovind on September 20 at the Presidential Residence in New Delhi.
Welcoming President Battulga
to India, Indian President expressed confidence that the visit will be a
milestone in bilateral relationship.
In turn, Mongolian President
expressed his delight with visiting India, a spiritual neighbor of Mongolia.
Mongolia and India
established diplomatic relations on December 24, 1955. At the meeting, the
sides concurred to mark the 65th anniversary of the diplomatic
relations to be occurred next year effectively. They also discussed to support bilateral cooperation
in Buddhism studies, in particular
digitizing ancient sutras being kept at Gandantegchinlen Monastery, Mongolia’s
Buddhism center, and making it available in wider scope.
Moreover, the sides were
happy to note that the countries have full possibilities to cooperate in growing
sectors of economy such as space, digital connectivity and cyber security, and expand
present relations.
The Indian President said he
hopes that the construction of oil refinery would be complete on time, becoming
a symbol of cooperation of the two countries.
