Ulaanbaatar
Prime Minister receives visiting Indian Minister of State
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Today,
on November 25, Prime Minister of Mongolia L.Oyun-Erdene held a meeting with
Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India Rajkumar Ranjan
Singh.
Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene
underscored that bilateral relations and cooperation have been progressing
steadily, expressing his pleasure that the two countries are supporting each other
and working together in the difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The sides discussed at length the progress made so far in the oil refinery project – a symbol of strategic partnership between Mongolia and India – and export of some mining products such as coking coal to India.
PM L.Oyun-Erdene outlined projects
to be implemented as part of the revival policy including those on improvement of border checkpoint capacity and transport and logistics
infrastructure and energy, emphasizing that the Indian side is welcome to
cooperate on the projects.
As a Minister of State for
Education, Mr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said he is committed to further
strengthening bilateral cooperation in education sector.
PM L.Oyun-Erdene said he
appreciates that a great number of Mongolian youth have received education in
India on Indian government scholarships and showed an interest in continuing
the scholarship program in the information technology sector as part of the Mongolian
government’s objective to become a ‘Digital Nation’.
