60th anniversary of Mongolia-Laos diplomatic relations to be celebrated in 2022

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2021-12-24 16:58:32

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Director General of the Department of Asia and the Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs E.Sarantogos held a virtual meeting with Viloth Soundala, Director General, Asia, Pacific and Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, on December 24. Ambassador of Mongolia to Laos J.Byambasuren and Ambassador of Laos to Mongolia Phengsavan Keopaserth took part in the meeting.


The department directors discussed the joint celebration of the 60fh anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Laos and current issues of bilateral relations and cooperation. They talked about organizing a series of events to promote the history of bilateral friendly relations to the people of the two countries and identifying in which areas to cooperate in the future and agreed to hold the intergovernmental meeting and the consultative meeting of foreign ministries, which have been suspended due to the pandemic, next year.




The sides also agreed to take actions to establish documents required for connecting the two countries by rail in connection with the recent establishment of a high-speed railroad in Laos. Expressing an interest in strengthening cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Mongolian side talked about cooperating with Laos in joining an appropriate mechanism for cooperation.


Mongolia established diplomatic ties with Laos on September 12, 1962.



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