Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. After the one-on-one meeting, President U. Khurelsukh, who is on an official visit to Russia, held talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 16 in the Kremlin.

During the talks, the Presidents summarized the development of relations over the past century, exchanged views in detail on further goals and areas of cooperation and major joint projects, and also outlined the prospect of the cooperation for the next century.

Both Presidents proudly noted the good tradition of mutual assistance and good neighborly ties between the peoples of Mongolia and Russia, formed during the past century, expressed their views, “Close and friendly cooperation over 100 years is a rare historical precedent. Our relationship is an exemplary historical relationship.”

Attaching great importance to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Presidents expressed their satisfaction with the fact that it is being widely celebrated throughout the year according to the special plan, and confirmed their commitment for enriching the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with new content and developing intensively.

During the talks, the two sides exchanged views on a wide range of issues related to bilateral cooperation in politics, security, defense, trade, economy, culture, education and humanity.

The Presidents stressed the importance of  constantly developing the relations between the sectors further, making efforts to expand the scope of economic cooperation to bring it to next level, as well as promoting trade and investment.

President U.Khurelsukh noted that taking the advantages of its geographical location linking Asia and Europe, Mongolia aims to become a ‘Transit Mongolia’, a hub for trade, transport and logistics networks, and invited the Russian partners to cooperate in major railway and road projects.

The parties affirmed to continue technical, technological and infrastructure modernizations to improve the economic efficiency of the Mongolian-Russian joint venture ‘Ulaanbaatar Railway’.

The Heads of State also exchanged views on the opportunities to expand cooperation in energy, agriculture, construction sectors and oil product trade. President U.Khurelsukh said he hopes that Russia will pay attention on ensuring the stability of oil supply to Mongolia.

The Presidents expressed their satisfaction with the successful implementation of the trilateral project on the construction of gas pipeline from Russia to China through Mongolia and confirmed their continued support required to authorized entities.

Moreover, the parties expressed support for the implementation of the project to create the Mongolia-Russia-China economic corridor.

The parties noted the importance of modernization of checkpoints, increasing their throughput, creating a cross-border zone of bilateral cooperation.

The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to protect environment, combat climate change and deepen cooperation in the fields of culture, education, science and technology.

President U.Khurelsukh briefed on ‘One billion trees’ nationwide campaign, expressing interest in actively cooperating with the Russian side. In turn, the Russian President stated that he would instruct to explore possibilities of cooperating within the campaign.

Following the Mongolian-Russian talks, the Presidents U.Khurelsukh and Vladimir Putin made statements for the press and announced the Joint Declaration on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the Russian Federation.